"A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets." (Arthur C. Clarke)
"Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself." (Osho)
"People tend to assume everyone else should think the same way they do, and this contributes to much human misery." (Keith Cowan)
"The one real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions." (Bishop Mandell Creighton)
"A wise man takes a step at a time; he establishes one foot before he takes up the other: an old place should not be forsaken recklessly." (Sanskrit saying)
“No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.” (Goethe)
“Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.” (Chuang-Tzu)
“In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.” (Rene Descartes)
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” (Goethe)
“We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative.” (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”, 1905)
26 November 2017
19 November 2017
Week 2017-46
[#happiness, #love]
"Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it." (Bernard Meltzer)
[#illusion, #solitude]
"Man has the illusion that he talks with the entire world from his computer. He is actually alone." (Octavian Paler)
[#happiness, #attachment]
"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem." (Richard Bach)
[#action, #growth]
"If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today." (African saying)
[#knowledge, #action]
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." (Maya Angelou)
[#mastery, #growth]
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” (Ronald E. Osborn)
[#love, #completeness]
"We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.” (Richard Henry Stoddard)
[#happiness, #timing]
"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” (William Feather)
[#perception, #learning]
"Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do not recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.” (Waite Phillips)
[#hardship, #learning]
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass – it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” (Anon)
"Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it." (Bernard Meltzer)
[#illusion, #solitude]
"Man has the illusion that he talks with the entire world from his computer. He is actually alone." (Octavian Paler)
[#happiness, #attachment]
"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem." (Richard Bach)
[#action, #growth]
"If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today." (African saying)
[#knowledge, #action]
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." (Maya Angelou)
[#mastery, #growth]
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” (Ronald E. Osborn)
[#love, #completeness]
"We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.” (Richard Henry Stoddard)
[#happiness, #timing]
"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” (William Feather)
[#perception, #learning]
"Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do not recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.” (Waite Phillips)
[#hardship, #learning]
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass – it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” (Anon)
14 November 2017
Week 2017-45
"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught." (Baba Dioum)
"Humanity seeks self-sufficiency, while nature demands relationship. Humanity wants to be invulnerable, but nature reminds it that it is bonded to all other things." (Jeremy Rifkin)
"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes." (George Sand)
"The wind blows over the lake and stirs the surface of the water. Thus, visible effects of the invisible are manifest." (I Ching)
"There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore be content." (Swami Sivananda)
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." (George Orwell)
"People who pride themselves on their 'complexity' and deride others for being 'simplistic' should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth." (Thomas Sowell)
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." (Goethe)
"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn." (Ray Bradbury)
"Humanity seeks self-sufficiency, while nature demands relationship. Humanity wants to be invulnerable, but nature reminds it that it is bonded to all other things." (Jeremy Rifkin)
"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes." (George Sand)
"The wind blows over the lake and stirs the surface of the water. Thus, visible effects of the invisible are manifest." (I Ching)
"There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore be content." (Swami Sivananda)
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." (George Orwell)
"People who pride themselves on their 'complexity' and deride others for being 'simplistic' should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth." (Thomas Sowell)
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." (Goethe)
"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn." (Ray Bradbury)
Week 2017-44
"The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational." (A. N. Wilson)
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." (G. M. Trevelyan)
"Some people study all their life, and at their death have learned everything but to think." (Demergu Dewar)
"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it." (Rabindranath Tagore)
"The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas." (George Santayana)
"An educated mind is useless without a focused will, and dangerous without a loving heart." (Winfried Deijmann)
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost." (Khalil Gibran)
"Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck." (Frank Herbert)
"One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret." (Barry Lopez)
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." (G. M. Trevelyan)
"Some people study all their life, and at their death have learned everything but to think." (Demergu Dewar)
"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it." (Rabindranath Tagore)
"The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas." (George Santayana)
"An educated mind is useless without a focused will, and dangerous without a loving heart." (Winfried Deijmann)
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost." (Khalil Gibran)
"Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck." (Frank Herbert)
"One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret." (Barry Lopez)
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