140/365 - Be not afraid of greatness (William Shakespeare)

“Be not afraid of greatness. 

Some are born great, 

some achieve greatness,

 and others have greatness thrust upon them.”

- William Shakespeare

(Twelfth Night)

139/365 - In Spite of the fact that they're not (Jodi Picoult)

“You don't love someone because they're perfect, 

you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

  - Jodi Picoult

(My Sister's Keeper)

138/365 - The more places you'll go (Dr. Seuss)

“The more that you read,

 the more things you will know. 

The more that you learn, 

the more places you'll go.”

- Dr. Seuss

(I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!)

137/365 - Loved and Lost (Alfred Tennyson)

“Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”

- Alfred Tennyson

(In Memoriam)

136/365 - Living Cautiously (J.K. Rowling)

“It is impossible to live 

without failing at something,

 unless you live so cautiously

 that you might as well not have lived at all -

 in which case,

 you fail by default.”

  - J.K. Rowling

 

135/365 - One thing every day (Eleanor Roosevelt)

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

  - Eleanor Roosevelt

134/365 - Tried Anything New (Albert Einstein)

“Anyone who has never made a mistake

 has never tried anything new.”

- Albert Einstein

133/365 - The Difference between Genius and Stupidity (Albert Einstein)

“The difference between genius and stupidity is; 

genius has its limits.”

- Albert Einstein

132/365 - And Life is a little Weird (Robert Fulghum)

“We’re all a little weird. 

And life is a little weird. 

And when we find someone

 whose weirdness is compatible with ours, 

we join up with them 

 and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—

and call it love

—true love.”

- Robert Fulghum

(True Love)

131/365 - Great Things (Mother Teresa)

“Not all of us can do great things.

But we can do small things with great love.”

  - Mother Teresa

130/365 - Have you ever been in love? (Neil Gaiman)

“Have you ever been in love?

Horrible isn't it?

 It makes you so vulnerable.

 It opens your chest and it opens up your heart
and it means that someone can get inside you
and mess you up.”

  - Neil Gaiman
(The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones)

Happy Birthday, Matthias!
May your 35th year bring you
All the Love and Happiness in the world!

129/365 - Momentum is a rare gift (Justina Chen Headley)

“When the creative impulse sweeps over you, 

grab it. 

You grab it and honor it 

and use it, 

because momentum is a rare gift.”

  - Justina Chen Headley

(North of Beautiful)

128/365 - Out of the Circle of Light (Ken Kesey)

“The stars up close to the moon were pale;

 they got brighter and braver 

the farther they got out of the circle of light

 ruled by the giant moon.”

  - Ken Kesey

(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

127/365 - More important than answers (Nancy Willard)

“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.”

- Nancy Willard

126/365 - The Quiet Gesture (Mary Anne Radmacher)

“it is (often) the quiet gesture 

which carries the most significance -

 the one which suddenly directs the symphony.”

- Mary Anne Radmacher

125/365 - Man is a Spiritual Being (David O. McKay)

“Man is a spiritual being,

 a soul, 

and at some period of his life 

everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire

 to know his relationship to the Infinite. . . .

 There is something within him 

which urges him to rise above himself,

 to control his environment, 

to master the body

 and all things physical 

and live in a higher and more beautiful world.”

  - David O. McKay

124/365 - Why not me? (Elizabeth Gilbert)

“Someone has to write all those stories: 

why not me?”

 - Elizabeth Gilbert

123/365 - Talent creates its own Opportunities (Eric Hoffer)

“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. 

But it sometimes seems that intense desire 

creates not only its own opportunities 

but its own talents.”

- Eric Hoffer

122/365 - In all the world (Norman Mailer)

“There is no greater impotence 

in all the world

 like knowing you are right and 

that the wave of the world is wrong, 

yet the wave crashes upon you.”

- Norman Mailer

121/365 - The Support of a Cause (Abraham Lincoln)

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle

 ought not to deter us
from the support of a cause

 we believe to be just.”

  - Abraham Lincoln

120/365 - They need you (Joshua Hartzell)

“Life is difficult for everyone. 

We all have stress and 

we all need someone in our lives

 that we can lean on. 

Never think that you cannot talk to someone

 because they have problems too

 or that your friend or loved one

 would be better off without you 

or your problems. 

You'll soon find out 

that they need you

 just as much as you need them.”

- Joshua Hartzell

119/365 - Love changes things (Iimani David)

“Love changes things;

 hope allows us to endure 

until the change arrives.”

  - Iimani David

118/365 - Inspiration is a Guest (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”

  - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

117/365 - All there is (Henry Ford)

“You say I started out with practically nothing,

 but that isn't correct. 

We all start with all there is, 

it's how we use it that makes things possible.”

  - Henry Ford

116/365 - Conductor of Light (Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, 

but that you are a conductor of light.

 Some people without possessing genius 

have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

  - Arthur Conan Doyle

115/365 - Roads of Genius (William Blake)

“Improvement makes strait roads, 

but the crooked roads without Improvement, 

are roads of Genius.”

  - William Blake

(The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)

114/365 - Your Journey (Paulo Coelho)

“Everything you need to know

 you have learned through your journey.”

  - Paulo Coelho

(The Alchemist)

113/365 - They should love you more (Sharon Swan)

“If someone loves you,

 they should not be envious of you

 pouring your heart and soul

 and time and energy 

into the things that you are passionate about,

 but instead....

they should love you more

 because you are so involved in those things.”

  - Sharon Swan

112/365 - Who we Really Were (Julia Cameron)

“Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny.

 We may not know that we have one. 

As children, 

we are seldom told we have a place in life 

that is uniquely ours alone. 

Instead, 

we are encouraged to believe that our life 

should somehow fulfill the expectations of others,

 that we will (or should)

 find our satisfactions 

as they have found theirs.

 Rather than being taugh to ask ourselves

 who we are, 

we are schooled to ask others. 

We are, in effect, 

trained to listen to others' versions of ourselves.

 We are brought up in our life 

as told to us by someone else!

 When we survey our lives, 

seeking to fulfill our creativity, 

we often see we had a dream

 that went glimmering 

because we believed,

 and those around us believed, 

that the dream was beyond our reach. 

Many of us would have been, 

or at least might have been, 

done, tried something, if...

If we had known who we really were.”

  - Julia Cameron

111/365 - Two main Philosophies (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

“For me, 

I am driven by two main philosophies: 

know more today about the world than I knew yesterday 

and lessen the suffering of others.

 You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”

  - Neil deGrasse Tyson

110/365 - Bonne Annee 2013!

Happy New Year

my Beautiful Friends!

Wishing you for 2013:
Health & Happiness,

Life, Light, and Love.

In Peace Profound,

Kimie

xx