“Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.”

“Ask yourself: Is there any way I can become even more loving than I am? Can I fill my heart with more loving kindness? Can you, despite the fact that there are less than perfect people in our world, think loving thoughts about yourself and about others? Spread that love around as far as your mind will allow!”

Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker

“It's easier to find a way to make money at something you love than to learn to love a job that you can make money at.”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

“How can you find peace or label yourself as being 'free' while you are still terrified of Mondays?!”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Detachment from the world as an attachment to the ego… Who can realize the detachment in which you are as far away from yourself as you are from the world?”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“The truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

“If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you fall short of. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

“Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.”

Judy Blume (1938) American children's writer

“The less you expect from others and yourself, the happier you will become in life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?'

Be yourself,' said Ipek.”

Orhan Pamuk book Snow