Here are some of my favorite quotes that I try to live my life by, the key here is try.
Life is suffering
“suffering is caused by selfish craving and personal desire”
Memento Mori
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
“Do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
You can only find happiness one place
“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
Love
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
Don’t worry
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
Be authentic
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
Find purpose
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
“Purpose is about pursuing something outside yourself as opposed to pleasuring yourself.”
Be present
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
Keep an open mind
“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Don’t be afraid to look stupid
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
Stand for something
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
Don’t be angry
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die”
Read
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”