Thought of the Moment

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

- Erich Fromm Read more

Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we might ever presume to guess. Read more

The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the other. We "go inside" their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for ourselves their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough to see their suffering. We must become one with the subject of our observation. When we are in contact with another's suffering, a feeling of compassion is born in us. Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with."

- Thich Nhat Hanh Read more

"When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless."

- Chris Colfer Read more

“Success is not the victory, it’s what you’ve done to win. The knowledge that you’ve done everything in your power to achieve what you wanted. That feeling makes me very happy. This year I lost the final in Australia and I didn’t like it, but I was happy in some ways. It was a success to have lost like that.”

- Rafael Nadal Read more

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

- Elizabeth Gilbert Read more

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson Read more

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

- Plato Read more

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.

- Thich Nhat Hanh Read more

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

- Gary Chapman in "The 5 Love Languages" Read more