Here's a list of categories that, to me, constitute something like my custom version of the ‘good life’, with a quote for each that encapsulates my feelings/beliefs on the topic. So it’s something like a “quotes to live by” list for me. Feel free to use any that resonate in your own custom version of the good life. Enjoy.
Compassion
I believe that the path to non-judgment is unconditional compassion - to understand that nothing is really anyone’s ’fault’…
"Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.”
Baruch Spinoza
Connection
Love is the answer at least for most of the questions of my heart, like why are we here and where do we go and how come it’s so hard. It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving. I’ll tell you one thing, it’s always better when we’re together.
Philosopher Jack
Ego
If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the universe. What looks like weakness to the ego is in fact the only true strength.
Eckhart Tolle
Collective Consciousness
When you realize that you are the universe, you realize that you can’t blame anyone else for what you are, and this makes a profound difference to the way you feel about other people.
Alan Watts
Wisdom
Wisdom says I am nothing. Love says I am everything. Between the two my life flows.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Understanding
Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Equanimity
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
William Shakespeare
Non-Attachment
Everything you could ever want and be you already have and are.
I❤️Huckabees
Joy
If you’re not having fun, you’re doing something wrong.
Groucho Marx
Contentment
He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Socrates
Romance
Real love, not the illusion of love, is weird. It's a container where you both decide you're going to let each other be silly, and cry, and be flawed, and laugh, and throw up, and change, and grow, and poop your pants, and play human together in the game of life. It sounds less romantic to say, "I don't entirely know myself, and I don't completely understand you, but I think we get along, and I'd love to play the game of life together where we, through one another, become better and happier versions of ourselves.
Brittney Hartley
Love
When we love around our ego's need for validation and create a space of vulnerability, shared humanity, and respect, we invite people to be able to meet us in a place that is deeply human.
Brittney Hartley
Ethical Living
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
George Bernard Shaw
Mindfulness
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
Zen proverb
Presence
My favorite approach to ‘Be Here Now’ or the act of being present: To maximize the moments when you can honestly say, “There is no place I’d rather be, no one I'd rather be with, no thing I’d rather be doing, and this I will remember well.”
Albert Borgmann
Intuition
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
Benjamin Spock
Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Andre Gide
Harmony and Respect
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
John Lennon
Humility
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
Euripides
Spontaneity and Creativity
I never decide if an idea is good or bad until I try it. So much of what gets in the way of things being good is thinking that we know. And the truth is, we don’t know.
Rick Rubin
Inner Resilience
Nothing happens for a reason. No one belongs anywhere. We’re all gonna die. Let’s go watch TV.
Morty
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Authenticity
Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
Tina Fey
Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Universality
The universe doesn’t allow perfection. Thus, diversity is not a consequence, but a necessity.
Stephen Hawking
Inner Peace
Life is absurd theater, so don’t take it too seriously. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Yours Truly
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