“Until you do what you believe in, you don’t know whether you believe it or not.”

“Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself to say something
And do not speak to be silent
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half the way will get you no where
Half an idea will bear you no results
Half a life is a life you didn't live,
A word you have not said
A smile you postponed
A love you have not had
A friendship you did not know
The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able for you are not half a being
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“When you look deeply into yourself you may be able to see that there is, in this moment, a quality of aliveness that is animating you that is not philosophical and is not abstract. It's independent of what you think about it, what you believe about it and what you feel about it. It's always there! it is animating your breath, It is coursing the spirit, it is what makes it possible for you to think and speak and see and hear.”

Alexis Karpouzos (1967)

“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters

“Love is not what you do. Love is what you are.”

Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian

“In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!”

movie Magnolia

“The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement

“If you need time to achieve something, it must be false. The real is always with you; you need not wait to be what you are.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“Now, every time I witness a strong person, I want to know: What dark did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes.”

Katherine MacKenett