Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe, — but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. — THORNTON WILDER

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.

Maybe you don’t need to find more energy, maybe you just need to find a dream that makes you actually want to get up in the morning. Maybe you need to find something that gives back more than it takes. Maybe you need to stop trying to be good at the hundred things that do not light up your soul, and finally choose the one that does — the one that asks you to risk, to lay your heart bare, to try again, even though you’re scared. You’re not failing because you’re not motivated. You’re not supposed to get far on a path that was never yours to walk.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live

All you have to do to change your life forever is commit in your heart and soul to find something to appreciate in every moment.

Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad...

Discovering and being authentic to our-selves, finding out what we want to do and do not want to do — we do this by being committed to our own experiences. We must do everything because it brings us joy and peace, from the job we have to the clothes we wear.

This is about getting mighty clear about what makes you happy and what makes you feel the most alive, and then creating it instead of pretending you can’t have it. Or that you don’t deserve it. Or that you’re a greedy egomaniacal fathead for wanting more than you already have. Or listening to what Dad and Aunt Mary think you should be doing.

My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?