A selection of uplifting quotations from writers and public figures, for encouragement in work and personal life, gathered into the categories True Love, Pleasure, The Physical, Self Awareness, Optimism, Courage, and Persistence. The quotations have been collected throughout 24 years of reading in a wide area.

From Inspiration, Courage & Persistence: 

Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.

M. Scott Peck
The Road Less Traveled

Luckily in middle age pleasure begins, pleasure in love, in wine, in food.

Graham Greene
Travels With My Aunt