"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Moulin Rouge

"If a thing loves, it is infinite." Annotations to Swedenborg (1788) William Blake

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self." Charles Dickens

"How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me." WH Auden

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." Tuesdays with Morrie

"Love wins. Love always wins." Tuesdays with Morrie

"Love each other or perish." Tuesdays with Morrie

"Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone." Tuesdays with Morrie

"If we can remember the feeling of love we once had, we can die without ever going away." Tuesdays with Morrie

"Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.... And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." The Bible

"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are." Paulo Coelho

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do." A Wind in the Door

"Syl gave the best piece of advice pound-for-pound that I have ever heard.
And I think all young ladies should hear this. Syl said,it took me a
long time but I've finally figured it out. When it comes to men that are
romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything
they say and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy" Randy Pausch

Dreams

"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence." William Blake

"He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star." William Blake

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Paulo Coelho

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream." Paulo Coelho

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." Paulo Coelho

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." Randy Pausch

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.
They're there to stop the other people." Randy Pausch

"Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs. Yin and Yang. Right and Wrong. Men and Women. What's pleasure without pain." -- Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, /Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust." -- Duchess of Malfi

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour." William Blake

"When you learn how to die, you learn how to live." Tuesdays with Morrie

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." Tuesdays with Morrie

"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling." Tuesdays with Morrie

"If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it." Tuesdays with Morrie

Death

"I know death hath ten thousand several doors/ For men to take their exits."-- Duchess of Malfi

"Glories, like glowworms, afar off shine bright,/ But looked to near have neither heat nor light."-- Duchess of Malfi

Pain

"[singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim." Finding Nemo

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." Lance Armstrong

Compassion
"Fish are friends. Not food." Finding Nemo

"My true religion is Kindness." Dalai Lama

"It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance." Dalai Lama

"Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength." Dalai Lama

"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives." Dalai Lama

"I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion." Dalai Lama

"The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves." Dalai Lama

"As Buddhists, while we practice our own teaching, we must respect other faiths, Christianity, Judaism and so forth. We must recognize and appreciate their contributions over many past centuries to human society, and at this time we must strive to make common effort to serve humankind." Dalai Lama

"You should respect other religions... the essence of all religions is basically the same: to achieve a true sense of brotherhood, a good heart, respect for others. If we can develop these qualities from within our heart, then I think we can actually achieve true peace." Dalai Lama

“It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer.” Anonymous

“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.” Samuel Beckett

“Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. Its the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.” Jacques D’Amboise

“There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” Edwin Denby

“Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love.” Louis Horst

“Dancers are the messengers of the gods.” ~Martha Graham

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown

Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another. ~Author Unknown

I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ~George Balanchine

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari

I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words. ~Ruth St. Denis

Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance. ~Peter Saint James

Others

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend — or a meaningful day."Dalai Lama

"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend." William Blake

"Decide if you're Tigger or Eeyore. Never lose the childlike wonder.
It's just too important. It's what drives us. Help others." Randy Pausch

"Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself." Randy Pausch

"When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it." Randy Pausch