50 Quotes by Marci Shimoff

The basis of all love is self-love and we certainly suffer a lot in our society from lack of self-love. When we don’t take care of ourselves, it’s really just a symptom of not loving ourselves. So the worst thing that we can do is to beat ourselves up for how we’ve already treated ourselves.

I believe love is why we’re here on the planet and that ultimately it’s our purpose for life. They say people who’ve had near-death experiences often report back that at the end of our lives we have a life review and we’re asked one question, and that question is, how much did you love?

Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot. – The Talmud Most.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. – John Dryden, seventeenth-century English poet and dramatist.