"Keep the faith. Hold on, things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever."

Mequon, Wisconsin

“You never know how you look through other people's eyes.”

Kathmandu, Nepal

"The color of truth is grey."

Sundar Bazar, Nepal

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted."

Tanahun, Nepal

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. "

Pulimarang, Nepal

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

Bhaktapur, Nepal

"There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met."

Tanahun, Nepal

"Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided."

Chok Kot, Nepal

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost."

Kalimati, Nepal

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Pokhari Chhap, Nepal

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

Chok Kot, Nepal

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

Chitwan, Nepal

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Chisapani, Nepal

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."

Chock Kot, Nepal

“Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.”

Sundar Bazar, Nepal

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

Chitwan, Nepal

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”

Chisapani Chock Kot, Nepal

“The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.”

Kathmandu, Nepal

“Our thoughts are unseen hands shaping the people we meet. Whatever we truly think them to be, that's what they'll become for us.”

Bhaktapur, Nepal

“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”

Kathmandu, Nepal

“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.”

Chitwan, Nepal

“The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.”

Kathmandu, Nepal

"Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary."

Chisapani Chock Kot, Nepal

"The best way out is always through."

Sundar Bazar, Nepal

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

Kathmandu, Nepal

"Watch the sun rise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass on a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones."

Chitwan, Nepal

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."

Chitwan, Nepal

“..In the end what matters most is, How well did you live, How well did you love, How well did you learn to let go…”

Westfield, Wisconsin

“We may explore the universe and find ourselves, or we may explore ourselves and find the universe. It matters not which of these paths we choose.”

Boulder, Colorado

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

Chock, Nepal

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.”

Tanahun, Nepal

“Live life so completely that when death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing left for him to steal.”

Cape Town, South Africa

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

“No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.”

Parewadanda, Nepal

“Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.”

Parewadanda, Nepal

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

Kathmandu, Nepal

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

Parewadanda, Nepal

“The color of truth is gray.”

Dublin, Ireland

"Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there."

Pulimarang, Nepal

"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."

Chock, Nepal

Off to Nepal!

I'll be in Nepal until the end of the year, and then will be back to continue my blog :)

"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore."

Off the coast of Greece

“Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.”

Chennai, India

"If the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction."

Barcelona, Spain

“Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.”

Parewadanda, Nepal

"Change is the only constant."

Tuhure Pasal, Nepal

"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."

Oswiecim, Poland

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

Parewadanda, Nepal

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

Istanbul, Turkey

"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."

Barcelona, Spain

“You must give to get. You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.”

Missouri, USA