forgiveness is giving up all hope of a better past

haha i was just looking online for meaningful quotes and here are a few which i think are rather true... and awakens our senses..hmm but i tend to forget easily all these seemingly common-sensical yet damn wise life lessons..guess all these people experienced life more and thought about these experiences and phrased their thoughts in single, accurate quotes in an attempt to capture the essence of their new-found wisdom and insight, in a bid to teach others what they learnt, probably over a long period of time and contemplation..so i feel quotes are really not cliche or without purpose! ya i was just quite touched by some of them..and i pasted them here...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for

-Addison

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is a part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

-Hermann Hesse

If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.

Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one.
-Benjamin Franklin

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
-Flavia Weedn

The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other
-Dalai Lama

(oh the next two apply to both friendships and relationships i guess...)
If you love someone tell them because hearts are often broken with words unspoken.

Because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

Life is an art work without an eraser.

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.
-Bernard Meltzer

For every minute you're angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness



And finally..i think this last one is really beautiful.... :)

Happiness is to see the world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in a single hour ~William Blake