12 Carefully Selected Quotes: Most Powerful and Wisest

DEEP THOUGHTS

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Let me guess…

You often drag yourself to work and feel like everyday is the same.

Perhaps it feels like your life is on autopilot.

At moments you might even feel like your life is not very meaningful and you miss a clear sense of purpose.

Am I right?

Well, sometimes all you need are a few inspiring wise words that will give you a new perspective on life.

These 12 carefully selected words of wisdom truly are some of the most powerful and wisest quotes ever written.

Let's start with my personal favorite from Sigmund Freud..

1. "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." – Sigmund Freud

2. "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." – Helen Keller

3. "Many people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could make their dream a reality” – Anthony Robins

4. "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."– Henry van Dyke

5. "A friend to all is a friend to none." – Aristotle

6. "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." – Stephen Covey

7. "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." – Albert Einstein

8. "We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." – Mother Theresa

9. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ~Lao Tzu

10. "There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way." ~Christopher Morley 

11. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." – Reinhold Niebuhr

12.  "Challenges is what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." – Joshua J. Marine

..and in the end a three line story

A man once told The Buddha, “I want happiness.”

The Buddha replied, “First remove “I”, that’s ego. Then remove “want”, that’s desire. And now all you’re left with is Happiness.”