I am awake

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Maria Robinson

Thirst of learning

I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.

Natalie Portman

The fight of the two wolves

There are two wolves who are always fighting.
One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope.
The question is: which wolf wins?
The one you feed.

Casey Newton (Tomorrowland)

Stay true to yourself

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The Small, happy life

We do not all have to shine.

From an article of The New York Times published on May 29, 2015.

No direction

Indecision is a decision in itself.

Worldly wisdom

I'm alive!

I'm alive! And I see things mighty clear today, I'm alive.

I'm alive! And I'm breathing clean, fresh air today, I'm alive.

Johnny Thunder - I'm alive

Inspiring people

Being surrounded by inspiring and exceptional people is a blessing.
When this is missing, you must rely upon your best self to fly high and to pull the most wonderful treasures from your inner world.
Cecilia

Nobody is boring, and if you find somebody or something a bore, the fault lies in you.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Take-off

I want and I have to train myself to control my thoughts towards the positive and beautiful ones and, above all, to linger on the most abstract ideas.

Cecilia

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everything is fine

When you are able to perceive the beauty around you, then everything is fine.

Cecilia

RIP

Life is a huge set of actions and a handful of these will determine precisely your destiny.
Cecilia

I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire

Challenge

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Be curious about ideas

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie

Beauty

Beauty will save the world.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I choose

Today I choose to be happy.

Cecilia

Happiness is not a destination, it is a way of life.

William E. Vaughan

Sadness

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness.

Wouter De Backer
Gotye - Somebody that I used to know

Prejudice

It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.

Albert Einstein

Afloat

When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is favourable.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I've got a feeling

I've got a feeling, a feeling that keeps me on my toes.
Everybody had a hard year, everybody had a good time.
Everybody pulled their socks up, everybody put their foot down.

The Beatles - I've got a feeling

Some quotes from Albert Einstein

• In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

• Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.

• Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

• Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Your way

Be who God intended you to be and you will set the world on fire.

Saint Catherine of Siena

October

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

Anne of Green Gables

No mental boundary

Do not put limits to what you can do.

Cecilia

Living with less

My space is small. My life is big.

Graham Hill
Article from The New York Times published on March 9, 2013.

Hero

In this world of armchair bloggers who created a generation of critics instead of leaders, I'm actually doing something, right here, right now, for the city, for my country. And I'm not doing it alone. You're damn right I'm a hero.

Oliver Queen (Smallville)

Pride and elegance

Q: One fashion trend you would love to see come back?

A: Its not really a trend, but something I love that has lost its prevalence as time passes. I really wish people would dress up more on a day to day basis. I love being comfortable and carefree as next as the next person, but there is something about a polished, well dressed and put together person that always impresses me. It doesn’t mean you have to be in designer clothes or a fashion icon, but everyone should take more pride in themselves in public. Certain events and activities call for a certain way to dress, and for the majority of those, it doesn’t mean sloppy jeans and a t-shirt. Of course in the fashion industry everyone is always embracing personal style and dressed up, but that’s a small portion of the world. and that’s our job. I would love to see everyone in general taking more pride in how they put themselves together each day.

Mary Kate, interview for Garance Doré

Eternally

Do you still remember Rome, dear Lou? How is it in your memory? In mine sometime there will be only its waters, those clear, exquisite, animated waters that live in its squares; its steps, built on the pattern of falling water, so strangely thrusting stair out of stair like wave out of wave; its gardens' festiveness and the splendor of great terraces; its nights that last so long, still and filled to overflowing with great constellations.

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to Lou Andreas-Salomé, November 3, 1903

The beginning

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Neale Donald Walsch

The fist day of my life

This is the first day of my life, I swear I was born right in the doorway. I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed.

Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes, First Day of My Life

Human nature

There is a misalignment between what a person says and thinks, but a person’s actions speak the truth.

Cecilia

It's ok

Think positive, otherwise you may miss something just because you cannot see it.

Cecilia

Two ways

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

The beauty of the small things

In the latest period I have been incredibly fortunate to have admired every night the moon, the stars and the roofs of the houses, mixing this stunning nightly painting with my thoughts before falling asleep.

Cecilia

Talent

Get a talent, improve it, strengthen it, enhance it, push it to the limit, exasperate it, transfigure it and then all the rest will disappear and only the talent will be visible, like the full moon in the dark sky.

Cecilia

Run!

There is no time to lose.

Cecilia

Regained freedom

I am happy to do not belong anymore to the virtual cage of Facebook and the regained freedom is immensely precious.

Cecilia

Northern Europe

I am deeply fascinated by the lifestyle, the architecture and the nature of northern Europe and my love for this part of my wonderful continent is increasing day by day.

Cecilia

Density and vivacity

I was walking in a crowded street among strangers and we were like many islands, everybody with his own thoughts. It is incredible how much energy and good mood gives me the chaotic vivacity originated by the density of people, no matter where you are in that moment.

Cecilia

Changing

And then, one day, you realize that you have inevitably changed and you are finally ready to accept the part of you that you were fighting before. Changing is like a never-ending process because, to complete and accept a change, you need another change before. At the end it is important that these changes that life shapes on you make you a better and richer person and not the contrary.

Cecilia

Undefined season

I have always liked very much this bittersweet season. Spring and autumn, two undefined seasons that are thanks to their not being, give me wonderful sensations and a powerful energy. Especially in the past years I used to cling to autumn intensely because the longer it was lasting, the later the snow would have come.

Cecilia

Reciprocal loyalty

Yeah! I am again in that challenging place!

Cecilia

A small triangular square

It exists a small triangular square that is very cute, very French and very “la vie en rose”!

Cecilia

New era

Will the 3D printers mark out the beginning of a new era, opening the doors of the third industrial revolution?

Cecilia

This planet

A dinner with persons from all over the world and many different languages spoken at the same time have given me the intense sensation of really inhabiting this wonderful planet.

Cecilia

Elegance

Elegance with personality is when a woman wears her dress and not vice versa.

Cecilia

Thoughts and destiny

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Frank Outlaw

Between summer and autumn

I am totally loving these wonderful and instructive days between summer and autumn and I will be infinitely grateful for them.

Cecilia

I am happy

“I am happy”. This is what a friend has candidly told me today and this diamond has made me immediately happy in turn, so I find myself wondering if happiness is contagious.

Cecilia

A whirlwind of stripes

Wearing stripes is not just a matter of fashion, it is a state of mind.
Cecilia

By the  way:

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Albert Einstein

We are positive

Everything we do comes from frustration. We are pretty positive, and it is good to be frustrated and then to do something about it.

Edial Dekker, co-founder of Gidsy.
Interview for Holland Herald, September 2012 issue.