August Words of Wisdom

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy. --Yanni

I walked far down the beach, soothed by the rhythm of the waves, the sun on my bare back and legs, the wind and mist from the spray on my hair. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought. --Helen Keller

If there's a heaven for me, I'm sure it has a beach attached to it. --Jimmy Buffett

Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature's simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard. --Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Write without restraint. It's important to not censor yourself. People will censor the shit out of you...and there's more truth in fiction than there is in non-fiction. You have to be committed to that truth. --Walter Mosley

Do the things you love as much as you can. Respect your imagination, respect the idea of a writing life, and make it your own. --Jeff Vandermeer

Rage against mediocrity. --Steve James

Seas the day. --seemonterey on Instagram

It was a good time to start something new. We have two lives, and the second one starts when you realize that you have only one. --Isabelle Dubois-Dumee

The hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you're familiar with and take the risk to live the life you dream about.
--T. Arigo

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. --Erica Jong

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. --Joseph Campbell

After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. --Alfred Perlman

Every morning you have two choices: Continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them. --Carmelo Anthony

Softness is not weakness. It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel.
--Beau Taplin

The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom. --Osho

Before you ask why some people hate you, ask yourself why you give a damn what they think. --Tomi Lahren

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
--Jacques Cousteau

Our time is precious; who wants to spend it cycling mountains of laundry from washer to dryer, replacing dead batteries, and shuttling stuff, from room to room? Every single thing you own is something you have to take care of.
--Erica Layne

When I'm looking at the world through the eyes of the novel, everything incoming can be translated into the novel. You open yourself up to the world. You're a receiver for details, snatches of conversations, whatever. But to do that you have to be in a headspace where the novel's living in your head every day. --Jeff Vandermeer

You only need to stand near the ocean to feel the power of the universe and a closeness to the one who created it. --Susan Gale

Tomorrow hopes you learned something from yesterday. --John Wayne

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. --Socrates

There was once a time when college students studied facts, knowledge and human greatness. Now they study nothingness, ignorance, and the fool, the madman, the blind beggar, and the witch. --Ayn Rand

The ocean's roar is music to the soul. --Unknown