We cultivated our land, but in a way different from the white man. We endeavored to live with the land; they seemed to live off it. I was taught to preserve, never to destroy.
- Tom DystraI took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am.
- Sylvia PlathYou’ve been criticising yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
- Louise HayI think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.
- Jim CarreyIf we move through our day with an open awareness of the many good things around us, we correct the brain’s built-in negativity bias.
- Dr Rick HansonLike the lines on your face, the answer is here, and the light in your eyes, don’t hide it away, like the dots on the shells, they shine.
- Yothu YindiYou are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
- RumiGo gently. There is only one you in this whole infinity of time and space. You deserve to honour your body, mind and soul as you would a piece of fine art… with respect, wonder
- Dr Sadhbh JoyceOur goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
- Pablo PicassoSuccess is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
- Maya AngelouIt’s amazing what you accomplish, if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S TrumanUnexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change.
- Bob KerreyThe world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our sense to grow sharper.
- W.B. YeatsAlways aware, always there. Bare, vast, radiant and free – the truth of me.
- Danna FauldsThe land is my mother. Like a human mother, the land gives us protection, enjoyment and provides our needs – economic, social and religious. We have a human relationship with the land: Mother, daughter, son.
- Djinyini GondarraDon’t spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice.
- Michael J. FoxDo not agonize about yesterday. Do not borrow tomorrow’s trouble. Let your heart hunt. Rest in the now.
- Robin Hobb, Fool's AssassinYou should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday – unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.
- Sukhraj S. DhillonWe are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.
- Australian Aboriginal sayingYou have to be odd to be number one.
- Dr Seuss
