life

If you want to change the future, start living as if you're already there.

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

The most selfish act of all is kindness, because its reward is so much greater than the investment.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

Amateurs have a goal. Professionals have a system.

A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.

It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.

I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.