#advice

"The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about."

"Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend."

"It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing."

"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."

"If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those who dwell on the rocks carrying nets will try to reel you into their catch. The last thing they want is for you to thrive in your habitat because they stand in their atmosphere where they beg and gasp for some air."

"It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice."

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing."

"The action of a soulful person covertly makes many people brave and bold without the need for them to be advised or told."

"Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire."

"It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late."

"Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong."

"My advice to you: Just be yourself. That’s what I’m trying to do. So, can I borrow your clothes?"

"Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it."

"Life off Earth is in two important respects not at all unworldly: you can choose to focus on the surprises and pleasures, or the frustrations. And you can choose to appreciate the smallest scraps of experience, the everyday moments, or to value only the grandest, most stirring ones."

"Even if we try to conform to ideals and strive for perfection, we will always be pulled back to our core identity because it’s the path of least resistance for our souls – an energy force that wants nothing more than for us to honor and accept who we are and discover what we’re meant to do in the world."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"Find a voice in a whisper."

"Failure is when you give up. A real winner is someone that doesn't give up, even when it feels like they are losing."

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for potential."

"Live your epitaph"