inspiration

"Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see."

"Fifty years from now, I will not be remembered for how much money I earned, the type of home I lived in or the car I drove, but on whether I made a difference to someone's life."

"Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift."

"The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world."

"Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain."

"You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day."

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

"Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day."

"A daydreamer is prepared for most things."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk."

"Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past."

"A kind thought, word, or action creates infinite ripples of caring, consideration, and peace."

"the purpose of life is the life of purpose"

"Now I found it in writing sentences. You can write that sentence in a way that you would have written it last year. Or you can write it in the way of the exquisite nuance that is sriting in your mind now. But that takes a lot of ... waiting for the right word to come."

"It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."

"Do not blame your parents for not working hard enough to birth you with silver spoon in your mouth because tomorrow you will be a parent and your children will in turn blame you for not giving birth to them with the desired silver spoon."

"Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!"

"My story was not the story of a girl's broken dreams: it was the story of a girl who couldn't be broken."

"Therefore I would ask you to write all kinds of books, hesitating at no subject however trivial or however vast. By hook or by crook, I hope that you will possess yourselves of money enough to travel and to idle, to contemplate the future or the past of the world, to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream."