Quotes 2

Sanity: Minds are like parachutes. Just because you've lost yours doesn't mean you can borrow mine.

Cluelessness: There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.

Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.

Why does God create gaps in between our fingers?
So that someone else can fill them in.

"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."
~Oscar Wilde

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear to hear it.
And for every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
~Oscar Wilde

If you love someone, you say it. You say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.

Never lie, steal, cheat or drink.
If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.
If you must steal, steal away from bad company.
If you must cheat, cheat death.
And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

Your failures do not define you.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you might be the world.

If you sometimes feel a little useless, offended or depressed... Always remember that YOU were once the fastest and most victorious little sperm out of millions.

Basic principles: "Any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet - he just needs the right broom."

We stopped checking for monsters under our bed when we realised they were inside of us.

How terrible it is to love something that death can touch.

"Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you don't let the world go."
~Johnny Depp

The average person tells 4 lies a day or 1460 a year; a total of 87,600 by the age of 60. And the most common lie is: I'm Fine.

Love is feeling the need to bring that person's name up in every single conversation.

All we really want is love's confusing joy.

The road to happiness ain't that complicated.

I'm goofy, I'm clumsy, I burp, I sneeze, I snort and I fart. Love me for me. I am who I am.

Thank you for being there for me even when I'm being a pain in the ass.

Some words are best left unspoken.

Never take me for granted, for the next time you turn around...I might not be there anymore...

It's funny how when you're dead, only then people start to listen.

One good thing about music - when it hits you, you feel no pain.
~Bob Marley

"I told you I'm a wreck."
Reply: I love you regardless.

If I could tell my 19-year-old self one thing, it would be "don't give up bitch, you've got a long way to go."

When everything is telling you to give up, Hope whispers "One more time".

Don't make decisions when you're angry.
Don't make promises when you're happy.

Don't make promises you can't keep. 'Cause it bloody hurts when you don't.

"In the face of true love, you don't give up even if the object of your affection is begging you to."
~Chuck Bass

Sometimes when I say "I'm okay", I want someone to look me in the eyes, hug me tight and say, "I know you're not".

"The word LISTEN contains the same letters as the word SILENT."
~Alfred Brendel

If you tickle me, I'm not responsible for your injuries.

Move on. He's just a chapter in the past. Don't close the book, just turn the page.

People are people. They will hurt you, they will bitch but they will also care about you and love you. So go out and learn for yourself, I assure you. You will never understand this world and its people. Instead, you'll become one of them.

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

I wish people would listen as much as they talk.

The Miracle Stone

A man once read in an ancient book about a black stone on the shores of the Black Sea, which could on contact, turn any metal into gold. The stone would be warm to the touch. So he went to the Black Sea and there, found a heap of black stones. He was convinced one of these would be the miracle stone.

He picked up a stone, felt it on his cheek, found it cold, and flung it into the sea. The second stone too was cold and followed the first one into the sea. He did this from morning to evening, every day for weeks, months and then years. Three years passed.

One day he put a stone to his cheek, threw it into the sea and then realized that was the stone he was looking for!

How easily do you get used to what you are doing?

What holds you from not getting conditioned?

How many opportunities do you miss because of your own conditioning? 


~Taken from "How full is your cup?: 64 stories that can transform the way you look at life" by J M Sampath~

Eat Your Own Fruit

Some disciples once complained to their guru, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us."

The guru replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you a fruit and chewed it before giving it to you?"



How do you learn to draw your own interpretations of life than live by others' interpretations?

What holds you from thinking beyond what has been thought?


~Taken from "How full is your cup?: 64 stories that can transform the way you look at life" by J M Sampath~