Inspirational thoughts

“Be curious, not judgmental.” – Walt Whitman

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”

—Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Amish proverb

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” -Mark Twain

“… To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.”
— Evelyn Waugh

“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.” Steve Garvey, former MLB player and business leader

“Bend the branch while it is young.” Amish proverb

“You can overcome anything, if and if only you love something enough.” – Lionel Messi, professional soccer player

“I shut my eyes in order to see.” – Paul Gauguin

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all the others.” Cicero