Virginia Woolf // "When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?"
Elizabeth Taylor // "You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way."
Buckminster Fuller // "Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable."
Marlon Brando // "Everything that you do, make it as real as you can, make it alive...find the truth of that moment."
Louis CK // "I'm bored is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless. It goes on forever, inwardly. Do you understand? The fact that you're alive is amazing, so you don't get to say I'm bored."
Muhammad Ali // "Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win..."
Bram van Velde // "I’m trying to see, when everything in this world conspires to prevent us from seeing."
Daphne du Maurier // "If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again."
Charlie Chaplin // "Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing... Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it."
Vincent van Gogh // "I feel such a creative force in me: I am convinced that there will be a time when...I will make something good everyday, on a regular basis... I am doing my very best to make every effort because I am longing so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things mean painstaking work, disappointment, and perseverance."
Oscar Wilde // "Don’t imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things... Ordinary riches can be stolen from a man. Real riches cannot... And so, try to so shape your life that external things will not harm you. And try also to get rid of personal property... Personal property hinders individualism at every step."
Mary Oliver // "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"