Eat, Pray, Love

No matter how hard you work, you cannot stop getting old."

happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough

Javanese colonists brought their Hindu caste system with them to Bali, though caste divisions were never as brutally enforced here as they once were in India. Still, the Balinese recognize a complex social hierarchy (there are five divisions of Brahmans alone

And then there was David.

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.”

They say that an oak tree is brought into creation by two forces at the same time. Obviously, there is the acorn from which it all begins, the seed which holds all the promise and potential, which grows into the tree. Everybody can see that. But only a few can recognize that there is another force operating here as well—the future tree itself, which wants so badly to exist that it pulls the acorn into being, drawing the seedling forth with longing out of the void, guiding the evolution from nothingness to maturity. In this respect, say the Zens, it is the oak tree that creates the very acorn from which it was born.

To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.

the sorrow and trouble of this world is caused by unhappy people

You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.