maher berro | code of living

Code of Living


Random thoughts, words, theories and stories... to share, think about, consider and reflect upon... a little difference that would make the difference in one's life... mine at least.


Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Einstein

Attitude
A positive attitude will not solve all your problems...
but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.
Steve Landesberg

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Confucius

I am just doing ordinary things in extra-ordinary manners.

When you possess light within, you see it externally.
Anaïs Nin

Don't live your life under the impression that you would get what you deserve!

The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. So too with those minds which are prevented from changing their views: they cease to be minds.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every moment of it!
my old car bumper sticker, now I am car-less :(

Remember! The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly!
Fredrick Nietzsche

I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself
Fredrick Nietzsche

Think. Change. Do
UTS

Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
Bette Davis

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint Exupery

A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Johann von Goeth

Une vie ne vaut rien mais rien ne vaut une vie.
André Malraux

The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty:
it's twice as big as it needs to be.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare

The stronger you want, the more you get.

With great powers come great responsibilities.

I am here for the full experience!
What are YOU here for?
Grant Matthews

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

Patience is the daughter of wisdom.

Hope is the son of power.

Impossible is Nothing.
addidas

My doctrine is: Live so that thou mayest desire to live again - that is thy duty - for in any case thou witl again!
Nietzsche

It's your time to shine in my eyes.

I can live my life losing a few fights...
but I can't live my life without fighting.

Fight, live, love, learn, enjoy and make the best of everything.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
Henry Thoreau

The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.”
Mark Twain

You don't stop laughing when you get old
You get old when you stop laughing.

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco Guicciardini

Only those who can see the invisible can do the impossible!

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
William Arthur Ward

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Pericles

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Stephen R. Covey

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung

There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all.

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.
Anne Lamott

There has never been a storm that hasn't passed. Gray clouds never last forever. The blue sky does.
Marianne Williamson

Don't feel guilty... Guilt is a wicked ghost!

The great tragedy of life is not death, but what dies inside us while we live.
Norman Cousins

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasgow

If You Love Me.......Say It!
If You Trust Me.......Do It!
If You Want Me......Show It!
If You Need Me.......Prove It!
Actions Speak Louder Than Words!
That's Just The Way It Is.... Get Over It And Move On!

Beauty of the flesh is fleeting; Beauty of the heart is eternal!

It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you haven't learned anything.
Muhammad Ali

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Napoleon Hill

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso

Gifts of life
Plenty of Gifts...
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To every child, a good example.
To all, charity.
To yourself, respect.


Courage
True courage is not the absence of fear:
it is the presence of fear yet the will to go on.


Mind Strategy
How do you fit a mountain into a teacup?
You take the diamonds out of the mountain and leave the rest.
Afterall, you don't really want the rocks and dirt?


Attachment
The day you get attached to people and things . . . you screw up!!!


Ideal Man
Aristotle supposedly said: "The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." Looks, money and material possessions etc., these things are not as important as being able to think, laugh and learn.


Change
L'homme absurde est celui qui ne change jamais.
Barthelemy

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Darwin

Move with the “cheese” and enjoy it!
(ask me what cheese is)

Change must be smooth, slow, and steady.

Change is as good as a holiday.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.


Risk
Great love and great achievements involve great risks.

If the first grape you eat is bitter then you will not bother eating grapes again. If the first grape you eat is a sweet one then you will be willing to eat a lot of bitter grapes in search of another sweet one.


Upset
The more I know who I am and what I want...
the less I let things upset or affect me.


Woman
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is
the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.


My Special Lady
I will hold her heart like a man should hold his woman’s
Stay with her, listen to her and care for her like my baby girl
Talk to her, trust her and confide in her
Love her and let it be known
Be proud of her but tell her when I think she is wrong
Tell her what is best if she can’t see it for herself
Hold her when she needs me
Love her when she needs it the most
Hold onto her body like I do to her soul
Be always faithful even with my eyes and words
Thank you T.

A lady is like an artichoke...
You have to do a fair bit of work in order to reach her heart!


Life & Work
Change YOUR attitude
Play
Make their day
Be present

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Marianne Williamson

"If a life worth living is worth documenting, is a life not worth documenting worth living?" - Simulacrum

If you think working is stressfull, try not working for a while.

Smile... it increases your face value!

The lesson is in the struggle, not in the victory!

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

What worries you, masters you.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers


Credibility
Credibility is a stone by stone wall
A lie is like removing the stone at the bottom.


Optimist v/s Pessimist
The optimist sees the rose and its thorns;
The pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.


Love
You can't blame gravity for falling in love.
Albert Einstein

Have you ever wondered which hurts the most:
saying something and wishing you had not,
or saying nothing, and wishing you had?

Searching for my own soul before finding its mate.

This flame that burns the heart... comes from being apart!

I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to
lose someone you never really had.
The Wonder Years

Everytime you look in the mirror... you will see my favourite person.
I said that before to ... :D

Why is it every time I talk to you the words don't come easily
but when you walk away I know exactly what to say?

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting
right beside them knowing you can't have them.

You can't let fear keep you from caring about someone...
because caring about someone is wonderful.


Random | Life
Say what you mean.
Mean what you say
... yet, don't be mean when you say it

Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.

Sometimes I just sit there and wonder why I'm not used to the lies, disappointment, and heartbreak. I guess it's because something inside of me just keeps holding on to the hope that I cannot change the world but I can make a change in this world.

People think that I must be a very strange person.
This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy.
It is in a glass jar on my desk.

The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

If oppurtunity doesn't knock, build a door.

It's how well we rise after a fall what defines us.

A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.

Beauty is skin deep... but ugly goes all the way through.

Sometimes we search so hard for answers that are right in front of us.

Never use more when less will do.

Would you rather:
  Build on your career or fix your flaws?
  Be right or be happy?

There's a fine line between fishing and
just standing on the shore like an idiot.
Steven Wright

There is a fine line between:
  Looking and Seeing
  Hearing and Listening
  Learning and Knowing
  Liking and Loving
  Genius and Insanity
  Dedicated and Compulsive
  Fate and Coincidence
  Innovation and Desperation
  You're wonderful and Goodbye


When I am gone!
Do not look for me when I'm gone, for there will never be another me...
Look no further but into your heart, for I am there, and will always be...


When I want to be mean
Why don't you try practicing random acts of intelligence
and senseless acts of self-control?

Sarcasm is just one more service I offer.

Love is a foreign language to me.

Awwww, did I step on your poor little itty bitty ego?

Can you keep a secret? Good... so can I.

A million sperm... and YOU were the fastest!

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like
and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.