Arianna Huffington Quotes

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

We all have within us the ability to move from struggle to grace.

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say “so what.” That’s one of my favorite things to say. — ANDY WARHOL

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. — WU MEN

If you look at the best research on parenting, it comes down to one thing and one thing only. Not what you teach your children or how much time you spend with them, or if you read to them or not. What it comes down to is who you are, because we teach who we are. You read, your child will read. You watch too much TV, your child will. You do service in the world, your child will do service in the world. So the best way to get past all the worries is to be the best you that you can be. And forgive yourself when you are not. And not to hold unrealistic expectations of your children when you are in no way showing them the behavior you demand from them. Be an example to yourself that your child can be proud of.

What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace. — PAULO COELHO

Whenever we look around the world, we see smart leaders – in politics, in business, in media – making terrible decisions. What they're lacking is not IQ, but wisdom. Which is no surprise; it has never been harder to tap into our inner wisdom, because in order to do so, we have to disconnect from all our omnipresent devices – our gadgets, our screens, our social media – and reconnect with ourselves.

just change the channel. You are in control of the clicker. Don’t replay the bad, scary movie.

We forget we’re mostly water till the rain falls and every atom in our body starts to go home.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. — WILLIAM JAMES

Never let life’s Iagos — flatterers, dissemblers — onto your train.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.

Imagine how our culture, how our lives, will change when we begin valuing go-givers as much as we value go-getters.

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes–understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.

It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only life's highest adventure, but also the only way to transform society from one based on self-centeredness and compulsory compassion to one based on service and mutual responsibility.