Engelstalige quotes
a little knowledge can go a long way
a name means a lot just by itself
a positive attitude means all the difference in the world
a relaxed man is not necessarily a better man
a single event can have infinitely many interpretations
a solid home base builds a sense of self
Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese
By ourselves we can enjoy life, but to really appreciate life we must find companionship.
being happy is more important than anything else
being sure of yourself means you’re a fool
confusing yourself is a way to stay honest
Definition of A Happy Couple:
HE does what SHE wants and SHE does what SHE wants…
description is more important than metaphor
dreaming while awake is a frightening contradiction
emotional responses ar as valuable as intellectual responses
enjoy yourself because you can’t change anything anyway
fear is the greatest incapacitator
Flirting is the act of making a man feel pleased with himself.
Helen Rowland 
freedom is a luxury not a necessity
going with the flow is soothing but risky
if you have many desires your life will be interesting
if you live simply there is nothing to worry about
illness is a state of mind
It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.
Vincent Lombardi
it’s crucial to have an active fantasy life 
I’ve gone to find me. If I get back before I get here, hold me until I get back.
just believing something can make it happen
knowing yourself lets you understand others
lack of charisma can be fatal
Learn to appreciate what you have, before time forces you to realise what you did have.
Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it.
Sai Baba
listen when your body talks
low expectations are good protection
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
“Never underestimate your power to change yourself. Never overestimate your power to change others.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
not enough sleep and coffee isn’t working. Speak to me at your own risk 
pain can be a very positive thing 
Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.
Lord Byron
people are nuts if they think they are important
planning for the future is escapism
remember you always have freedom of choice
repetition is the best way to learn
sacrificing yourself for a bad cause is not a moral act
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Telling a depressed person to be happy, Is like telling a blind person to just look harder. It just doesn’t work.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
Jean Baptiste Lacordaire 
The best things in life are unseen, that is why we close our eyes when cry, kiss, and dream.
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish, all duties even.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity.
James Dickey
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 
There are only three choices in life. You either live with regrets, live with no regrets, or you live always wondering “What if?”
There is no failure
except in no longer trying.
Elbert Hubbard
Those who restrain desire, do so because there’s weak enough to be restrained.
William Blake
When the self is no more,
there is simply an abiding in the beloved.
The game goes on and there is a response to the game.
But the response comes from nowhere and goes to nowhere.
And the game and the respons is the divine expression.
All and everything is seen and heard and felt as the beloved.
And the beloved is the ground of all that is.
Uit: As It Is – Tony Parsons