Gordon Livingston Quotes

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.

We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.

We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.

Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.

Life's two most important questions are Why? and Why not? The trick is knowing which one to ask.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong

It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.