Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

The Great God values not the service of men, if the heart be not in it.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

The source of wisdom is pain.

Be still. Just for a moment. Listen to the world around you. Feel your breath coming in and going out. Listen to your thoughts. See the details of your surroundings. Be at peace with being still. In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes, if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from browser tab to the next, one link to the next. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no time for stillness and sitting in front of a frenetic computer all day, and then in front of the hyperactive television, doesnt count as stillness. This comes at a cost: we lose that time for contemplation, for observing and listening. We lose peace.

Let him who would be happy be virtuous.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.