Virgil

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
-Aeneid, I.203

(Perhaps one day, it will be a joy to remember even this.)

My favorite line of Latin.

Czech Proverb

Learn a new language and get a new soul.

Marcus Aurelius

Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Charles Lamb

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and to have it found out by accident.

Muriel Rukeyser

Breathe in experience, breathe out poetry.

Google

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,380,000,000 for love

Results 1 - 10 of about 352,000,000 for peace
Results 1 - 10 of about 10,900,000 for happiness

Jamiroquai

I used to worry about the future
But then I threw my caution to the wind.
I had no reason to be care free
No no no, until I took a trip to the other side of town
Yeah yeah yeah, you know I heard that boogie rhythm
Hey- I had no choice but to get down down down down.

Canned Heat

Wilfred J. Funk

Most Beautiful Words in the English Language:

tranquil, golden, hush, bobolink, thrush, lullaby, chimes, murmuring, luminous, damask, cerulean, melody, marigold, jonquil, oriole, tendril, myrrh, mignonette, gossamer, fawn, dawn, chalice, anemone, mist, oleander, amaryllis, rosemary, camellia, asphodel, and halcyon.

Brendan Kennelly, Irish poet

"Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the ability to reach out and touch in a humane and warmly illuminating way the solitude, even the loneliness, of others. That is why, to me, poetry is one of the most vital treasures that humanity possesses; it is a bridge between separated souls."

 

--from The Writer’s Almanac for April 17, 2009

William James

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

Billy Collins

Today I pass the time reading
a favorite haiku,
saying the few words over and over.

It feels like eating
the same small, perfect grape
again and again.

An excerpt from "Japan," in Picnic, Lightening

Get Exited and Make Things

(From a designer as an alternative to the iconic English poster)

Giacomo Puccini

Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!

("Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At daybreak I shall win! I shall win! I shall win!")

Nessun dorma aria from Turandot

Mark Twain

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Gandhi

The future depends on what we do in the present.