"Maybe we feel empty because we spend so much of our own time watching other people live their lives, chase their dreams, express their love, and navigate their relationships. And when we turn off our TV or put down our phone... We've nourished nothing of our own."

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"Maybe we feel empty because we spend so much of our own time watching other people live their lives, chase their dreams, express their love, and navigate their relationships. And when we turn off our TV or put down our phone... We've nourished nothing of our own."

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"He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Reflection, Love, Will

"I don't know how long I kept at it...I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still.It didn't seem to be summer any more."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Reflection, Safety, Memory, Time

"What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins into, crude diagrams. We deny them an existence of their own, we make them up to suit ourselves - our own hungers, our own wishes, our own deficiencies."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Reflection, Imagination, Identity, Perception, Family

"Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Reflection, Man

"Time: old cold time, old sorrow, settling down in layers like silt in a pond."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Reflection, Time, Memory, Sorrow, Emotion

"What stays with you longest and deepest? Of curious panics, of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains?"

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Reflection, Memory, Experience, Conflict

"[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Reflection, Stillness, Evolution, Patience, Calm

"What would you do if you only had one day left in this world? Spend it with the people you love? Travel to the far corners of the earth to see as many wonders as possible? Eat nothing but chocolate? Would you apologize for all your mistakes? Would you stand up to those you'd never had the courage to face? Would you tell your secret crush that you loved him or her? Why is it that we wait till the last minute to do the things we should be doing all along?"

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Reflection, Life, Love, Courage, Mistake

"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Reflection, Action, Thinking, Awareness

"My lines all curve. I tend to connect the wrong dots."

David Levithan, American Author

Reflection, Mistake, Imperfection, Humor

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"Love encompasses so much, reaches so far, and heals so deeply, that any attempt to describe it, no matter how poetic, only dilutes it."

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"Think about the people you love, appreciate, and admire. If today was the last day you could speak with them. What would you say. and what are you waiting for?"

Emotional

"Do the best you can, with what you can, while you can, and success in inevitable."

Encouragement

"Stay alert! Don't let someone's words blind you from their behavior... They can say all the right things, they can make you feel things you've never felt before, but don't be fooled; their actions will reveal their true character, desires, and priorities. Behavior speaks; pay attention to what it tells you. Behavior is math; pay attention to what it reveals."

Mindset

"Some people seem to have a black belt in selfishness... ninja narcissists with no regard to how they impact those around them. but at the same time, a master at the art of playing victim."

Life

"For all its accolades and celebrated recognition as sound guidance, I have personally noticed that sometimes, 'follow your heart,' is really bad advice."

Reflective

"Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."

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"He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

"I don't know how long I kept at it...I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still.It didn't seem to be summer any more."

"What fabrications they are, mothers. Scarecrows, wax dolls for us to stick pins into, crude diagrams. We deny them an existence of their own, we make them up to suit ourselves - our own hungers, our own wishes, our own deficiencies."

"Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man."

"Time: old cold time, old sorrow, settling down in layers like silt in a pond."

"What stays with you longest and deepest? Of curious panics, of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains?"

"[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself."

"Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions."

"My lines all curve. I tend to connect the wrong dots."

Explore more quotes by Steve Maraboli

"Love encompasses so much, reaches so far, and heals so deeply, that any attempt to describe it, no matter how poetic, only dilutes it."

"Think about the people you love, appreciate, and admire. If today was the last day you could speak with them. What would you say. and what are you waiting for?"

"Do the best you can, with what you can, while you can, and success in inevitable."

"Some people seem to have a black belt in selfishness... ninja narcissists with no regard to how they impact those around them. but at the same time, a master at the art of playing victim."

"When the world makes me feel like I am alone, love reminds me otherwise."

"Behavior is math: Truth is found in the sum of its parts."

"Stop giving your life away to other people."

"For all its accolades and celebrated recognition as sound guidance, I have personally noticed that sometimes, 'follow your heart,' is really bad advice."

"Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."