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“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.”
― Groucho Marx

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
― Voltaire

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes, good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
― Alan Wilson Watts, The Culture of Counter-Culture: Edited Transcripts

“You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.”
― Alan Watts

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll

“Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while”
― Groucho Marx

“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”
― Groucho Marx

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. ”
― Alan Watts

“Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?”
― Groucho Marx

“I must admit, I was born at an early age. ”
― Groucho Marx

“I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.”
― Groucho Marx

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”
― Groucho Marx

“All people are born alike... except Republicans and Democrats.”
― Groucho Marx

“I love to read. My education is self-inflicted”
― Groucho Marx

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx

“While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
― Groucho Marx

“I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
― Groucho Marx

“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
― Groucho Marx

“As if you were on fire from within.

The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
― Pablo Neruda

“I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.”
― Byron Katie

“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering—the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.”
― Byron Katie, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

“A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.”
― Byron Katie, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

“All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.”
― Byron Katie

“Don't believe every thing you think.”
― Byron Katie

“Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them”
― Byron Katie