" There is no greater evil than desiring to change others( to take from or give to others what they do not of their own accord wan to give or take). There is no greater misfortune than desiring to change oneself- being discontented with one's lot.There is no greater vice than desiring to change things ( to possess control or reconstruct their natures. Only he who is satisfied with whatever satisfactions his own nature provides for him is truly satisfied."

Emerson

This rose under my window makes no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today; there is no time to them. There is simlpy the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, headless of the riches that surround him, stands on his tiptoe to forsee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time."

"The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it can never be answered by books, by priests, philosophers or saviors. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself and that is why you must know yourself. Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom."

Schopenhauer

" A man can surely do what he wills, but he cannot determine what he wills."

" He who thinks himself lucky may just be stupid" or maybe

" He who thinks himself lucky may not feel so friggin' lucky when he gets the bill",or

" I do and I understand except if I'm doing Algebra"

"The luckiest person in the world is he who thinks himself to be the luckiest."

" Self-discipline ceases to feel like internal warfare whenever I see that, given the alternatives which I have allowed myself, I am always doing what I want to do." " When I criticize a person I am assuming that he has a choice." "There are no best ways. There are only alternatives."