These are the life lessons to remember.

Life Lessons To Remember

It is so easy to add oil to the fire. When you do not have the insecurity, we tend to take other's lightly. Don't ever fuel somebody's insecurity because we are all imperfect and we are all trying to build on it.

Do Not Fuel Somebody's Insecurity

We are often hurt by people and in the pursuit to making them feel equally bad, we become the bad. But remember, your virtues are determined by who you want to be but by who you are. Thus, don't ever lower your standards or degrade yourself as a person just to make someone feel bad.

Do Not Degrade Yourself

Often, we speak something in anger and then repent later. So, it becomes so important to control your emotions and think before you speak.

Do Not Say Something You Might Regret Later 

Sooner or later, you will realise that no everybody truly wants to be with you. Thus, value the ones who do. You may not always like the ideas of people who love you but grow with them nonetheless.

Value The People Who Love You

As humans, we do mistakes everyday, lots of them. For someone like me, every mistake makes me feel like the worst person ever. But it is important to realise it is okay, take note of them but not do them again

Realise It Is Okay To Do Mistakes

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The classical masterpiece by Markus Zusak has a lot of quotes which can let your brain fog and heart skip a beat. These are my favourites!

Takeaways From The Book Thief 

"I guess humans like to watch a little destruction"

"They're strange, those wars. Full of blood and violence-but also full of stories that are equally difficult to fathom

"So many humans. So many colors.﻿"

"Silence was not quiet or calm, and it was not peace"

"THE BEST word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words."

"For some reason, dying men always ask questions they know the answer to. Perhaps it's so they can die being right."

"The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both."

" It kills me sometimes, how people die"

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes"

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.  In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.   “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times   “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

My Favourite Quotes From The Alchemist

It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary

What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked, completely surprised.“It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel The Alchemist became an international best-seller and he has published 30 more books since then.

Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Chapter 1Chew on one thinker:Artist, musician, anybody. Know about them. Everything you can find. Then find their three favourite thinkers and read about them.

Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started

School Yourself

Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books,paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, randomconversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to stealfrom that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work(and theft) will be authentic.”

Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started. Start Copying: Don't steal the idea, steal the thinking behind the idea. Write what you want to readDraw the art you want to see.﻿

Author Austin Kleon says that it is so important to leave home. Get uncomfortable. We are too comfortable in our home. At some point of time, it is important to cut the comfort and move on. It helps to live around interesting people

Leave home : 

Unlock your creativity. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life. Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you—what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch. And finally, stay Smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in your imagination and your work. “Brilliant and real and true.”—Rosanne Cash

You don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side. When Mr. Kleon was asked to address college students in upstate New York, he shaped his speech around the ten things he wished someone had told him when he was starting out. The talk went viral, and its author dug deeper into his own ideas to create Steal Like an Artist, the book. The result is inspiring, hip, original, practical, and entertaining. And filled with new truths about creativity: Nothing is original, so embrace influence, collect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path. Follow your interests wherever they take you. Stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring—the creative you will need to make room to be wild and daring in your imagination.

I’m a writer who draws. I make art with words and books with pictures. Author of Steal Like An Artist and other bestsellers. Visit my website: http://austinkleon.com/

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