"Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be."

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Source : Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.153, Harmony

Nhat Hanh

#Life Quotes #Running Quotes #Being Yourself Quotes

“Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.”

Source : George Jean Nathan (1952). “The world of George Jean Nathan”
“Friendship is something that gets harder to understand, every damn year of my life.Friendship is like a kind of algebra test that nobody passes. In my worst moods, I think the best you can say is that a friend is anyone you don't despise.”
“Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct.”
“That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.”
“I'll eat the hell out of a bagel. That's what I do”
“Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.”

Source : Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.265, Oxford University Press, USA
“Any legend, any creature, any symbol we ever stumble on, already exists in a vast cosmic reservoir where archetypes wait. Shapes looming outside our Platonic cave. We naturally believe ourselves clever and wise, so advanced, and those who came before us so naÃ¯ve and simpleâ€¦when all we truly do is echo the order of the universe, as it guides usâ€¦”
“I worry more about something that isn't working rather than something that feels really good. You forget about the good stuff.”

Source : Interview with Jason Schwartzman, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 15, 2010.

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