"I have longed to make the acquaintance of a “modern girl,” that proud, independent girl who has all my sympathy! She who, happy and self-reliant, lightly and alertly steps on her way through life, full of enthusiasm and warm feeling; working not only for her own well-being and happiness, but for the greater good of humanity as a whole."
— Kartini, 1899
"To accept love whenever it crosses my path, to live each minute and never postpone anything that could make me happy"
— Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
"There are no chosen one. We’re all chosen, if, instead of wondering, what am I doing here, we decide to do something that fills our heart with enthusiasm."
— Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
"Kang, apa alasannya mau berprofesi sebagai pekerja perbukuan. Sebagai penerbit?” tanya seorang teman kuliah. Saya jawab, “Tugas kehidupanku hanya membuat semua orang punya buku. Sebab, yang tertulis abadi, yang terucap hilang tanpa bekas!"
— Hikmat Kurnia
"If something is not being done effortlessly, then forget it. If it looks like if is too much work, something is telling you it is not the way. Only when something comes together effortlessly and simply fits, with no one doing too much to it, is it right."
— Bringers of the Dawn
"Ingredients for serendipity: culture of opennes, collaboration, creativity and optimism"
— Tony Hsieh
"Let go. Why do you cling to pain?"
— Leo Buscaglia
"Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, “Lighthouses” as the poet said “erected in the sea of time.” They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print."
— Arthur Schopenhauer
"People talk about the reality of their life as if it is important. And we want you to understand, it’s only the temporary indicator. Do you go to the gas station-your gas gauge is on empty-do you go to the gas station and look at your gas gauge in horror? “How did this happen? Why, why, why did this happen to me?” Do you lay your head on the steering wheel and just sob? “Oh, look what it’s come to. I’m finished. I’ve lived all of this life, and look where I am.” Or do you just fill up?"
— Esther Abraham-Hicks
"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don’t cheat with it."
— Ernest Hemingway
"He suddenly recalled from Plato’s Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split then in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking one another. Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost."
— Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
"I believe that finding the beautiful in the ordinary is what my life as a poet is really about"
— John Siddique
