The Emerald Tablet
As above so below, as within so without.
– The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
– The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
Seneca
What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.
Paulo Coelho
He chooses the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.
Albert Einstein
There are two ways you can life your life, as if nothing is a miracle or as if everything is a miracle.
Steve Jobs
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
- Stanford commencement speech
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
- Stanford commencement speech
Ghandi
You have to be the change you want.
Dalai Lamai
Empty your bowl of yesterday's rice.
Michael C. Rann & Elizabeth Rann Arrott
Sometimes the right decision is hard to make, but easy to live with.
Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica
If left to my own devices – if I didn't have to worry about making a living or what others thought of me – what am I most drawn to doing?
India.Arie
Life is a journey, not a destination,
There are no mistakes, just chances we’ve taken
Lay down your regrets cause all we have is now
Early in the morning, it’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes, new dreams, new ways
I open up my heart and I’m gon’ do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day
(Beautiful Day)
There are no mistakes, just chances we’ve taken
Lay down your regrets cause all we have is now
Early in the morning, it’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes, new dreams, new ways
I open up my heart and I’m gon’ do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day
(Beautiful Day)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Philip Robinson
Als je toekomst afhangt van je volgende zin, vergeet dan de logica en leg je hart erin.
Marcus Buckingham
People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.
Billie Holiday
Goodmorning heartache, You old gloomy sight.
Goodmorning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night.
I tossed and turned 'til it seemed you had gone
But here you are with the dawn.
Goodmorning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night.
I tossed and turned 'til it seemed you had gone
But here you are with the dawn.
Susan Jeffers
I let go and i trust, all is well.
Kelly Cutrone
The Devil always comes looking good.
William Shakespeare
Er is niets goed of slecht, ons denken maakt dat ervan.
Anton Tsjechov
De mens is wat hij gelooft.
India.Arie
Headed in the right direction, I can see the light of day
I've got love as my protection, There's no need for me to be afraid.
(Headed in the right direction)
I've got love as my protection, There's no need for me to be afraid.
(Headed in the right direction)
The Wonder Years
Change is never easy.
You fight to hold on. You fight to let go.
You fight to hold on. You fight to let go.
Lance Armstrong
Als je altijd in je remmen hangt, kom je nooit vooraan in het peloton.
Ro Krom
If you want, what i got, take a little time with me, I've got all that you need
Don't hold back, keep it strong, let's keep it moving on, you can make it with me
And i've been waiting so long for this moment, to feel you next to me
And i've been waiting so long, oh, I need to be..
Be with you in the morning
I need to be
Be with you when the nighttime comes around
When you're laying with me and the feeling lasts forever
Sugar we can make it work together
When love comes
When love comes around
When love comes
Every ones in a lifetime
When love comes
I'll be there
(When Loves Comes)
Don't hold back, keep it strong, let's keep it moving on, you can make it with me
And i've been waiting so long for this moment, to feel you next to me
And i've been waiting so long, oh, I need to be..
Be with you in the morning
I need to be
Be with you when the nighttime comes around
When you're laying with me and the feeling lasts forever
Sugar we can make it work together
When love comes
When love comes around
When love comes
Every ones in a lifetime
When love comes
I'll be there
(When Loves Comes)
Tagore
I am the autumn cloud empty of rain.
See my fullness in the field of ripened grain.
See my fullness in the field of ripened grain.
Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros
Give thanks for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.
Gene Gendlin
Als je wilt weten hoe de soep ruikt, kun je beter niet je hoofd erin stoppen.
Robert Holden
Within every situation, painful or peaceful, ugly or beautiful there is always a gift waiting for you. Sometimes gifts come wrapped in loss, pain, failure, fear and tears, but, remember, the gift is not the wrapping.
Susan Jeffers
It's all happening perfectly, for my highest good.
Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica
If you change your mind, you can change your life.
This is the real power of creativity and the true promise of being in your Element.
This is the real power of creativity and the true promise of being in your Element.
Ian Ballantine
Zig when everyone else is zagging. The fastest path to success is often to go against the flow.
Steven Pressfield
Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for million years.
Susan Jeffers
The Fear will never go away
as long as I continue to grow.
as long as I continue to grow.
India.Arie
Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive, she would enjoy everyday of her life
On national television, her diamond eyes are sparkling, bald headed like a full moon shining, singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations no no
I am not my hair
I ma not this skin
I am a soul that lives within
(I Am Not My Hair)
She promised God if she was to survive, she would enjoy everyday of her life
On national television, her diamond eyes are sparkling, bald headed like a full moon shining, singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations no no
I am not my hair
I ma not this skin
I am a soul that lives within
(I Am Not My Hair)
Michael C. Rann & Elizabeth Rann Arrott
Focus on the 'what', not the 'how' or the 'when'.
Ghandi
You have to be the change you want.
Maarten van Roozendaal
Ik zet m'n auto om de hoek en wacht maar en ik wacht maar tot jij buiten komt
Je moeder ritst je jas dicht, ze zegt dat je haar wel moet bellen
Geef me een zoen, ik doe je gordel om, hou je vast, kom op, we gaan
Voor eens per maand een weekend, en ik weet, dat ik die lul ben, waarvan je moeder zegt
Waarvan je moeder zegt, dat hij die gore klootzak is, die haar de hel in heeft gevreeën
Aan wie ze via jou voor altijd vastzit, en die haar veel te weinig geld geeft
Kom op, hou je vast, we gaan
Ik weet, ik blijf die lul van kerstmis in april
(Kerstmis in April)
Je moeder ritst je jas dicht, ze zegt dat je haar wel moet bellen
Geef me een zoen, ik doe je gordel om, hou je vast, kom op, we gaan
Voor eens per maand een weekend, en ik weet, dat ik die lul ben, waarvan je moeder zegt
Waarvan je moeder zegt, dat hij die gore klootzak is, die haar de hel in heeft gevreeën
Aan wie ze via jou voor altijd vastzit, en die haar veel te weinig geld geeft
Kom op, hou je vast, we gaan
Ik weet, ik blijf die lul van kerstmis in april
(Kerstmis in April)
Bob Marley
Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
(Redemption songs)
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
(Redemption songs)
Macy Gray feat. Erykha Badu
Many times I've been told, that I should go but they don't know
what we got baby
They may not see the love in you, but love I do
And I'll stay right there
Sweet, sweet baby
Life is crazy, but there's one thing I am sure of
That I'm your lady, always baby,
and I'll love you now and ever.
what we got baby
They may not see the love in you, but love I do
And I'll stay right there
Sweet, sweet baby
Life is crazy, but there's one thing I am sure of
That I'm your lady, always baby,
and I'll love you now and ever.
Bob Dylan
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do, go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love.
(Make You Feel My Love)
Nothing that I wouldn’t do, go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love.
(Make You Feel My Love)
Billie Holiday
Joys that come to others, seldom come to me
But if I only would been Aladdin, how different things would be
Every time I wish, I wish I had you
Every time I dream, the dream is for two
You're the part whitin my heart that beats all day
Seems to say, 'I love you'
Everywhere I go, you're all that I see
Wonder if you know what you mean to me
Wishes would be grand, if only they came true
For every time I wish, I wish I had you
Everywhere I go, you're all that I see
Wishes would be grand, if only they came true
For every time I wish, I wish I had you
(I Wish I Had You)
But if I only would been Aladdin, how different things would be
Every time I wish, I wish I had you
Every time I dream, the dream is for two
You're the part whitin my heart that beats all day
Seems to say, 'I love you'
Everywhere I go, you're all that I see
Wonder if you know what you mean to me
Wishes would be grand, if only they came true
For every time I wish, I wish I had you
Everywhere I go, you're all that I see
Wishes would be grand, if only they came true
For every time I wish, I wish I had you
(I Wish I Had You)
Johnny Cash
Don't look so sad, I know it's over
but life goes on and this old world will keep on turning,
let's just be glad we had some time to spend together,
there's no need to watch the bridges that were burning.
Lay you head upon my pillow,
hold your warm and tender body close to mine,
hear the whisper of the rain drops blowing soft against the window,
and make believe you love me one more time,
for the good times.
(For The Good Times)
but life goes on and this old world will keep on turning,
let's just be glad we had some time to spend together,
there's no need to watch the bridges that were burning.
Lay you head upon my pillow,
hold your warm and tender body close to mine,
hear the whisper of the rain drops blowing soft against the window,
and make believe you love me one more time,
for the good times.
(For The Good Times)
Susan Jeffers
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Paulo Coelho
I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
Jill Scott
My mommy would hold me
Quietly give me peace
She'd look me in my eyes and she'd say to me
If you want it to happen baby
Hold fast and believe
You can make it happen baby
You can be where u pleaze
All you gotta do is try
Then try once again
Then try a few more times
Then try after then
(Try)
Quietly give me peace
She'd look me in my eyes and she'd say to me
If you want it to happen baby
Hold fast and believe
You can make it happen baby
You can be where u pleaze
All you gotta do is try
Then try once again
Then try a few more times
Then try after then
(Try)
The Buddha
Believe nothing.
No matter where you read it,
Or who said it,
Even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
No matter where you read it,
Or who said it,
Even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
Susan Jeffers
Patience knowing it will happen...
and giving it time to happen.
It requires trust – trust that it is all happening perfectly.
and giving it time to happen.
It requires trust – trust that it is all happening perfectly.
India.Arie
Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
Always putting off my living for tomorrow
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found
Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me
(Strenght, Courage, Wisdom)
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
Always putting off my living for tomorrow
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found
Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me
(Strenght, Courage, Wisdom)
Jim Rohn
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
The Beatles
'I've got to admit it's getting better (better),
a little better all the time (it' can't get no worse),
I have to admit it's getting better (better),
it's getting better,
getting so much better all the time!'
(Getting Better All The Time)
a little better all the time (it' can't get no worse),
I have to admit it's getting better (better),
it's getting better,
getting so much better all the time!'
(Getting Better All The Time)
Seneca
Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.
Raymond van het Groenewoud
Gelukkig zijn...
Gelukkig zijn,
daarvoor wil ik alles geven
weg wat teveel is
geen stress aan mijn lijf
Gelukkig zijn..
(Gelukkig Zijn)
Gelukkig zijn,
daarvoor wil ik alles geven
weg wat teveel is
geen stress aan mijn lijf
Gelukkig zijn..
(Gelukkig Zijn)
Maarten van Roozendaal
Trouw zijn
Trouw zijn
Trouw
Trouw zijn
Elke dag trouw zijn
Week in, week uit
Maandenlang, trouw
En het is, omdat ik van je hou liefste
En het is om wat ik voor je voel
En als ik al eens om me heen kijk, liefste
Dan denk ik, er is er maar een, er is er maar een
Er is er maar een, er is er maar een.
(Trouw Zijn)
Trouw zijn
Trouw
Trouw zijn
Elke dag trouw zijn
Week in, week uit
Maandenlang, trouw
En het is, omdat ik van je hou liefste
En het is om wat ik voor je voel
En als ik al eens om me heen kijk, liefste
Dan denk ik, er is er maar een, er is er maar een
Er is er maar een, er is er maar een.
(Trouw Zijn)
Dan Millman
When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish--as long as your feet keep on moving.
Robert Holden
Every success in life is really a team effort.
Anais Nin
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure.
Seneca
You want to live—but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying—and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
Paulo Coelho
The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.
Vernon Howard
You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is what causes frustration. Refuse to compromise with what you know is right – with what is right for you.
Seneca
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.
Paulo Coelho
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Brian Tracy
Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with; bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with. The habits you have and the habits that have you will determine almost everything you achieve or fail to achieve.
The Buddha
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
Viktor Frankl
Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
The Buddha
Our life is shapped by our mind; we become what we think.
Bill Withers
When I wake up in the morning love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning love
Weighs heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A Lovely day
(Lovely Day)
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning love
Weighs heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A Lovely day
(Lovely Day)
Tony Joe White
Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin'
Seems a hear your voice a calling' it's alright
Rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
Oh, it's rainin' all over the world
(Rainy Night In Georgia)
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin'
Seems a hear your voice a calling' it's alright
Rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
Oh, it's rainin' all over the world
(Rainy Night In Georgia)
Billie Holiday
I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain, deep as a river
Come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don't you ever bet me
'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me
You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
We'll be happy together, unhappy together
Now won't that be just fine
The days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or out of the money
But I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine
(Come Rain or Come Shine)
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain, deep as a river
Come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don't you ever bet me
'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me
You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
We'll be happy together, unhappy together
Now won't that be just fine
The days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or out of the money
But I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine
(Come Rain or Come Shine)
Paulo Coelho
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior. "I was the one who chose to walk this path."
Marcel Proust
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companion, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Seneca
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Steven Pressfield
The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. So if you're paralyzed with fear, it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
Leo Buscaglia
We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.
Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica
People who find their Element are more likely to evolve a clearer sense of their life's ambitions and set a course for achieving them. They know that passion and aptitude are essential. They know too that our attitudes to events and to ourselves are crucial in determining whether or not we find and live our lives in the Element.
Dan Millman
In the real world, those of us who are most productive, successful, and satisfied focus not on fixing feelings or manipulating thoughts, but on what needs to be done—and then doing it—no matter what thoughts or feelings arise.
Marten Toonder
Als je dieper durft te graven zul je in jezelf een wij ontdekken: iets wat hetzelfde is bij iedereen, wat ons bindt. Je zult eenheid voelen en je juist willen openstellen voor anderen, met meer begrip en meer onzelfzuchtigheid. Je ware 'ik' komt immers nergens zo sterk naar voren als in relaties met andere mensen. Als je je werkelijk verbindt met anderen, vraag je jezelf niet meer af of je wel genoeg jezelf bent, dan ben je het gewoon.
(uit Wijze Mannen van Susan Smit)
(uit Wijze Mannen van Susan Smit)
Anthony Robbins
If life doesn't match your expectations you're gonna be in pain.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Paulo Coelho
Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said 'yes' when he wanted to say 'no.'
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said 'yes' when he wanted to say 'no.'
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.
Victor Frankl
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Steven Pressfield
Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don't do it.
It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don''t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet. You shame the angels who watch over you and you spite the Almighty, who created you and only you with your unique gifts, for the sole purpose of nudging the human race one millimeter farther along its patch back to God. Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.
It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don''t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet. You shame the angels who watch over you and you spite the Almighty, who created you and only you with your unique gifts, for the sole purpose of nudging the human race one millimeter farther along its patch back to God. Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.
Albert Einstein
It you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal not to people or things.
Carl Jung
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Jim Rohn
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do?
Lao-Tzu
We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.
(Tao Te Ching, Englisch version by Stephen Mitchell)
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.
(Tao Te Ching, Englisch version by Stephen Mitchell)
Sri Sarada Devi
I tell you one thing -
If you want peace of mind,
do not find fault with others.
Rather learn to see your own faults.
Learn to make the whole world your own.
No one is a stranger, my child;
this whole world is your own.
If you want peace of mind,
do not find fault with others.
Rather learn to see your own faults.
Learn to make the whole world your own.
No one is a stranger, my child;
this whole world is your own.