Zen Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

I believe that the purpose of parenting is to raise children true to their natures so they can grow up feeling honored, confident, and free to be themselves. — Carol Tuttle

It may be that a free society ... carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

I think I was about 16 when I first figured I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to be a fighter pilot before that, but then I thought I don't want to kill people so that ruled that out. — Max Irons

If you want more of Jesus, give Him more of yourself — Gangai Victor

The good nail will do its job regardless what kind of hammer comes its way and what kind of surface it sits on. — Rita Zahara

Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level. — Don DeLillo

If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking. — Michael Schur

There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that such a library ought to be composed half of books we have read and that have really counted for us, and half of books we propose to read and presume will come to count - leaving a section of empty shelves for surprises and occasional discoveries — Italo Calvino

Think before you stink — NightBits