Ephemeral Joy

"Wir sind nicht nur für das verantwortlich, was wir tun, sondern auch für das, was wir widerspruchslos hinnehmen." Arthur Schopenhauer

"Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the forever gifts, and certainly visible." Mary Oliver

"This universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want you already are." Rumi

"We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear." Leonard Cohen

"Half of life is lost in charming others. the other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others. Leave this play, you have played enough." Rumi

"Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office and mowing you lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain." Jack Kerouac

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." Pablo Picasso

"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." Hermann Hesse

"When a child comes into your life, it is time to relearn life, not teach them your ways." Sadhguru

"The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile. It's then, only then, that you'll find wonderland." Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Caroll

"I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy." Anthony Bourdain

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." Viktor Frankl

"Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself." Rumi

"Die Idee kommt beim Sprechen." Heinrich von Kleist

"Love is not an emotion, it is your very existence." Rumi

"Die höchste Form der Hoffnung ist die überwundene Verzweiflung." Albert Camus

"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust." Rumi