“Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.”

“The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism. They are to consist of a lecture mainly, and, as a pleasing and grateful auxiliary, of music to elevate the heart and give rest to the feelings.”

Felix Adler (1851–1933) German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer

“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so?
There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.”

Drew Carey (1958) American actor, comedian, game show host, libertarian and photographer

“The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you meet your ‘soul mate’ you’ll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation.”

Monica Drake (1967) American writer

“Beware how you give your heart.”

Jane Austen book Northanger Abbey

“It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”

Derek Walcott (1930–2017) Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright

“Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight,
To die to give you life, to rest under your sky;
And in your enchanted land forever sleep.”

José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist

“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”

James Mattis (1950) 26th and current United States Secretary of Defense; United States Marine Corps general

“Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) — and you’ll smile and receive smiles…”

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author