Move Forward

“Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.”

― Donald Trump

Heart

“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”

― Jalaluddin Rumi

How to Live Is How to Die

“While I thought that I was leaning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”

― Leonardo da Vinci

Desire

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

― Epicurus

Experience

“Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.”

― Buddha

Deed

“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

― Chanakya

When You Stop Learning

“God never created us to reach one level and then stop. When you stop learning, you stop growing.”

― Kevin Hall

When We Stop Playing

“We don't stop playing when we grow old, we grow old when we stop playing.”

―  George Bernard Shaw

When Gratitude Begins

“The struggle ends when gratitude begins.”

― Neale Donald Walsh

Lousy Teacher

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thingking they can't lose.”

― Bill Gates

When You Are in Love

“You know you're in  love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

― Dr. Seuss

Until Being Strong Is Only Your Choice

“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is only your choice.”

― Bob Marley

Stars Shine More Brightly

“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”

― Imam Ali a.s.

Manusia

“Manusia bukan makhluk yang sudah ditentukan lebih dahulu, manusia adalah seperti yang dia kehendaki.”

― Murtadha Muthahhari

Kesombongan dan Akal

Imam Muhammad Al Bagir a.s. berkata, “Tidaklah hati seseorang dimasuki sifat sombong kecuali akalnya akan berkurang sebanyak kesombongan yang masuk atau bahkan lebih.”

Breath

“Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.”

― Morihei Ueshiba

Silence of Our Friends

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

― Martin Luther King, Jr

Peradaban dan Keadilan

“Syarat pertama sebuah peradaban adalah keadilan.”

― Sigmund Freud

Lies

“When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. ”
― Dresden James

Hate

“Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.”

― Maya Angelou

Art of Loving

“Cinta sejati justru meruntuhkan kendala defensif dan menggantikannya dengan cinta kepada selain diri sendiri. Sebelum manusia mampu keluar dari dirinya sendiri (ego), ia adalah lemah, kikir, kaku, tamak, anti kemanusiaan, pemberang, serakah, dan sombong. Jiwanya tak memancarkan kecemerlangan, tak bersemangat, tak bergairah, selalu dingin, dan terpencil. Namun begitu ia keluar dari ‘diri’ (ego) dan meruntuhkan kendala-kendala defensif ini, sifat dan tabiat-tabiat buruk yang ada dalam ‘diri’ itu pun runtuh!”

― Erich Fromm

Puasanya Hati

Imam Ali a.s. berkata, “Puasanya hati dari berpikir melakukan dosa, lebih utama dari puasanya perut dari makan.”

Kesalehan yang Berguna

Imam Ali Ar-Ridha a.s berkata, “Tidak ada kesalehan yang lebih berguna daripada menjauhi yang diharamkan Tuhan dan menahan diri dari menyakiti orang beriman.”

The Richest Man

“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.”

― Henry David Thoreau

The Future Still Remains

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.”

― Christian Nestell Bovee

Belajar dari Masa Lalu

“Para pecundang hidup di masa lalu, dan para pemenang belajar dari masa lalu dan menikmati kerja di masa kini untuk menyongsong masa depan.”

― Denis Waitley

Hiduplah dengan Kebermanfaatan

“Seringkali rasa takut menyusup di hati. Takut hidup ini terisi oleh sia-sia.”

― Iwan Abdurrahman

Knowledge and Wisdom

“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

― Lao Tzu

Bumi Kekosongan

“Pendamlah dirimu dalam bumi kekosongan.”

― Ibn Athaillah

Sword and Debt

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

― John Adams

Trust and Let Go

“You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”

― Mandy Hale

The Truth Will Set You Free

“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”

― Gloria Steinem

Journey

“I'm in the middle of enjoying my journey. But if your path in the future is the same as mine, enjoy your journey as much as you can.”

― Ging Freecss

Four Genuine Acts of Immanence

“Only as high as I reach can I grow. Only as far as I seek can I go. Only as deep as I look can I see. Only as much as I dream can I be.”

― Karen Ravn

Ketundukkan Hawa Nafsu

Imam Ali Zainal Abidin a.s. berkata, “Orang yang paling baik dan sempurna adalah orang yang menjadikan hawa nafsunya mentaati perintah Allah.”

The Greater Danger

“The greater danger with most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.”

― Michelangelo

Do More

“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

― William Arthur Ward

Awareness and Acceptance

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

― Nathaniel Branden

Journey and Destination

“Life's a journey, not a destination.”

― Steven Tyler

Discover Your World

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
― Buddha