Douglas Coupland Quote

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and children, gathering all the valuables and things he thought of importance, and...

I think you have to be cool to be a good flirt, and I don't think I'm very cool.

Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.

If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own mo...

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp...

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory