Game Bring Characters from Different Books to Life

1965 · Feb 17, 2026

"There is such a legend about a bird that sings only once in its entire life, but more beautifully than anything else in the world. One day it leaves its nest and flies off in search of a thorn bush, never resting until it finds one. Among the prickly branches, it begins to sing and throws itself breast-first onto the longest, sharpest thorn. And, rising amid indescribable agony, it sings as it dies—a song so exultant that even the lark and the nightingale would envy it. The one incomparable song, and it is obtained at the price of life. But the whole world falls silent, listening, and God Himself smiles in the heavens. For everything best is bought only at the price of great suffering... At least, so the legend says." Colleen McCullough, "The Thorn Birds"

196228 · Feb 17, 2026

It saddens me to look at you,
What pain, what sorrow!
It seems that only the willow’s copper hue
Remains for us in September.
...
Thus will we too fade away
And rustle away like garden guests…
If there are no flowers in winter,
There is no need to grieve for them either.
"It Saddens Me to Look at You" — Sergei Yesenin.

21778 · Feb 17, 2026

And above and below, all worlds without end,
And eternity appears in two ways:
Height and depth together praise the Creator,
Together they glorify His infinity!

*Alexei K. Tolstoy, the poem "Don Juan"

1965 · Feb 17, 2026

"Christ was the only one among philosophers, magicians, and so on who asserted, as the principal truth, the eternity of life, the infinity of time, the nonexistence of death, clarity of spirit, and self-sacrifice as a necessary condition for and justification of existence." Vincent van Gogh

1994 · Feb 17, 2026

"The more we learn about our universe, the more convincing the hypothesis of a Creator’s existence becomes as an explanation for the causes of our existence."
John Lennox

"In the world… nothing happens by chance. Chance is an explanation for fools who do not want to think."
Dmitry Yemets

303707 · Feb 17, 2026

"Do not rush to drive moments of solitude away from you. Perhaps this is the Universe’s greatest gift—to shield you for a while from everything unnecessary, allowing you to become yourself."

Neale Donald Walsch, "Conversations with God"

"What you call coincidence can, in most cases, be very easily avoided if you are not an idiot living carelessly."

Carlos Castaneda, "A Separate Reality"

4257 · Feb 18, 2026

A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step.

Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher

Monument to Marcus Aurelius
Photo: Chrisinthai/istockphoto.com

The purpose of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to live in accordance with the inner law that you recognize.

Marcus Aurelius.

1994 · Feb 18, 2026

“— Love, Genaro — this world,” he said. “He has just been embracing this enormous Earth, but because he is so small, all he can do is swim in it. But the Earth knows that he loves her and rewards him with her care. That is why Genaro’s life is filled to the brim, and wherever he may be, his state will be one of abundance. Genaro wanders along the paths of his love, and wherever he is, he is whole.”
Carlos Castaneda

1965 · Feb 18, 2026

“When we see the World through the eyes of love, it reveals its best sides to us.” C. Castaneda
“To perceive the reality familiar to another person, one must first free oneself from one’s own reality. But it is not at all easy for a person to rid themselves of their habitual picture of the world; this habit must be broken by force.” C. Castaneda

1994 · Feb 18, 2026

“Our physical sensations, passing through the nervous system, are transformed and then, reassembled in the brain, present us with a picture that we call reality, but which is in fact a chimera, a fiction existing only in our perceiving and analyzing consciousness. Indeed, categories such as cause and effect, sequence, multiplicity, space, and time are creations of our brain, and not real entities of the world lying ‘outside.’
Moreover, we cannot ‘see’ anything except our own version of what is happening ‘outside.’ In no way can we know what is ‘really’ there, that is, grasp the essence lying beyond our sensations and consciousness.”
Irvin Yalom

303707 · Feb 18, 2026

“You cannot cross the sea by merely standing and staring at the water. Do not waste time on futile desires.”
Rabindranath Tagore

“Constantly watch your thoughts and train them so that you think only of good things. Give up thoughts of defeat and all negative thoughts. Water your consciousness with thoughts of love, health, joy, peace, and harmony, and you will reap the fruits of self-discipline and turn the desert of your former existence, whatever it may have been, into a flourishing garden.”
Robert Anthony

1965 · Feb 18, 2026

“Only a person’s thoughts, not external circumstances, make them unhappy or happy. By controlling their thoughts, they control their happiness.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“While you’re thinking about what to say, curtsy. It saves time.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”

210515 · Feb 18, 2026

“Happy is not the one who has everything best, but the one who makes the best of everything they have.”
Confucius

“Happiness is like health: when you don’t notice it, that means it is there.”
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

“Happiness is when what you think, say, and do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi

1965 · Feb 18, 2026

“Our position on Earth is truly astonishing. Each person appears on it for a brief moment, without any clear purpose, although some manage to invent one. But from the point of view of everyday life, one thing is obvious: we live for the lives of other people—and above all for those whose smiles and well-being determine our own happiness.” Albert Einstein

1994 · Feb 19, 2026

"If we want to achieve true peace throughout the world, we must begin with the children. If you want the world to change, become that change yourself. If you want change in the future, become that change in the present. Anyone who wishes for this can listen to their inner voice."
Mahatma Gandhi

"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the Universe."
Marcus Aurelius

4257 · Feb 19, 2026

It is all about thoughts. Thought is the beginning of everything. And thoughts can be controlled. Therefore, the main task of self-improvement is to work on your thoughts.

Leo Tolstoy, writer

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nobody.

Aristotle, philosopher

The person you are destined to become is only the person you decide to become yourself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet, and philosopher

1965 · Feb 19, 2026

"It is impossible to read the Gospel without feeling the real presence of Jesus. His personality breathes in every word. No myth possesses such powerful vitality." Albert Einstein

1994 · Feb 19, 2026

"From this moment on, begin to think in these terms: you are the cause of your life, your world. This is the meaning of the spiritual search: accepting full responsibility for your own being.
There is no external cause of suffering—the cause is within. You always shift responsibility away from yourself, but the external world serves only as an excuse.
Yes, suffering is triggered by external circumstances, but nothing external creates it. When you are insulted, the insult comes from outside, but the anger is within you. Anger is not caused by the insult; it does not arise as a consequence of the insult. If there were no energy of anger within you, the insult would remain powerless. It would simply pass you by without disturbing you.
There are no causes outside human consciousness; causes exist only within you. You yourself are the cause of everything in your life, and understanding this means understanding one of the most fundamental truths. Understanding this means beginning the journey of transformation."
Osho

1965 · Feb 19, 2026

"He who does good to another does the greatest good to himself—not in the sense that he will receive a reward, but because the awareness of having done good gives him great joy." Seneca
"How does a genius differ from a madman? A madman sees, but does not know how to express it. A genius can translate it into the language of consciousness." Carl Gustav Jung

303707 · Feb 19, 2026

"But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every person. And who can destroy a piece of their own heart?... Throughout the life of a single heart, this line shifts within it, now pushed back by joyful evil, now making room for the dawning good."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago