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9e9c1a7 No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. confidence wisdom inspirational Eleanor Roosevelt
80f0e01 It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. wisdom misattributed-to-mark-twain remaining-silent Maurice Switzer
2d1ab58 May you live every day of your life. life philosophy wisdom inspirational Jonathan Swift
1a2ae1d If you're reading this.. congratulations poetry humanity inspiration inspire hope life wisdom inspirational alive smile Chad Sugg
c1e99e1 There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life hope wisdom inspirational Alexandre Dumas
78e2eec Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. humor philosophy wisdom inspirational Isaac Asimov
5056619 Turn your wounds into wisdom. pain wisdom inspirational wounds experience Oprah Winfrey
a0a51ea Angry people are not always wise. jane-austen wisdom Jane Austen
325a29f It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. lies goodness wisdom delusion self-deception Leo Tolstoy
403ef8f Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think. be-yourself be-yourself-inspirational be-yourself-quote inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism heart life wisdom inspirational be-yourself-quotes inner-voice wise Roy T. Bennett
96fffb5 The past has no power over the present moment. education life philosophy truth wisdom inspirational Eckhart Tolle
b8fee32 Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone's life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance. light learning meaning inspiration inspirational-quotes life-quotes life wisdom inspirational meaningful-life goals-in-life living-life light-and-darkness giving meaning-of-life meaningful wise goals learn Roy T. Bennett
397a392 "I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world...." wisdom Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
28ab0b5 Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes. wisdom inspirational Rick Riordan
9fe7b9a We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. wisdom nothing Leo Tolstoy
cae2abd There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there. wisdom Paulo Coelho
9c0671f The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. wisdom inspirational ambition Maya Angelou
d97e981 We learn from failure, not from success! learning wisdom records experience mistakes Bram Stoker
01184ff Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces. wisdom-in-life pain freedom learning beauty inspirational-life inspirational-quotes life-and-living living inspiring life-lessons life wisdom inspirational living-life heal growing flying healing painful flight wisdom-quotes growth hurt wind experience wings hurting C. JoyBell C.
c34cf67 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. poetry wisdom self-discovery T. S. Eliot
e7de926 In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you. men nature youth women character change empowerment love wisdom pleasing self-discovery truthfulness self-respect self-esteem Dorothy Parker
b7f480c All knowledge hurts. wisdom disillusionment experience knowledge Cassandra Clare
4eab512 Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. faith death wisdom inspirational blindness Helen Keller
3be0613 Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. wisdom sharing foolishness knowledge teaching Hermann Hesse
1c2f430 Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. wisdom sin Harper Lee
4e10aa8 Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. wisdom timidity paradox mistakes Oscar Wilde
3392b53 The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. wisdom epigram tabloid-journalism Oscar Wilde
ca18827 As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. money immortality wisdom eternal-life human-desire J.K. Rowling
eb51692 We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered, you're giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like X or have lips like Y. This is shit-brained, this kind of thinking. That is all cultural diversion, and what is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears. And we are told 'no', we're unimportant, we're peripheral. 'Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.' And then you're a player, you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world. life wisdom inspirational tv culture consumerism Terence McKenna
b42eb1b Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied. words words-of-wisdom thoughts inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking life-lessons optimism life wisdom inspirational wise Roy T. Bennett
a2a4037 "I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; wisdom Louisa May Alcott
56caa67 The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. truth wisdom George Orwell
d007b3e I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. wisdom parenting Umberto Eco
8e03dc2 " "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye." laughter doubt sorrow friends hope life love wisdom idleness foes inventory contentment sufficienty superfluity unattainable envy curiosity knowledge values Dorothy Parker
c99ab9a He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. wisdom reductionism gandalf J.R.R. Tolkien
de29e12 As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. time humor wisdom Henry David Thoreau
417067f "Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for dealing with pain. We still hadn't learned, though, that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time, you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize that there are more flavors of pain than coffee. There's the little empty pain of leaving something behind - gradutaing, taking the next step forward, walking out of something familiar and safe into the unknown. There's the big, whirling pain of life upending all of your plans and expecations. There's the sharp little pains of failure, and the more obscure aches of successes that didn't give you what you thought they would. There are the vicious, stabbing pains of hopes being torn up. The sweet little pains of finding others, giving them your love, and taking joy in their life they grow and learn. There's the steady pain of empathy that you shrug off so you can stand beside a wounded friend and help them bear their burdens. And if you're very, very lucky, there are a very few blazing hot little pains you feel when you realized that you are standing in a moment of utter perfection, an instant of triumph, or happiness, or mirth which at the same time cannot possibly last - and yet will remain with you for life. pain life wisdom harry-dresden Jim Butcher
5b7090f Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. morality inspiration life wisdom encouragement selfishness Richard Bach
b13c726 We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools. wisdom inspirational brotherhood Martin Luther King Jr.
b8bf2a4 It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters, positive-living money kindness spirit compassion self-awareness spirituality happiness life love philosophy wisdom inspirational purposeful-living happy-life attention oneness purpose-in-life positive-attitude purpose-of-life meaning-of-life self-discovery perspective meditation purpose revelation peace respect Amit Ray
c4feea1 There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. wisdom J.R.R. Tolkien
2d1855c The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. wisdom Dan Millman
3187b07 A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent. keep-silent inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism life wisdom inspirational silent talk Roy T. Bennett
440e108 The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. wisdom inspirational naivety forgiveness Thomas Szasz
023aba4 No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. wisdom Ernest Hemingway
4b42d69 CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler. MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed. MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed. CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying. MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing. CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating. MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing. CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will be , Dreamlord? MORPHEUS: I am hope. hope wisdom outwit cunning insight Neil Gaiman
78920f8 Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. shakespeare wisdom William Shakespeare
4edadd4 There are no ordinary moments. wisdom Dan Millman
0d1b350 Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger. bushido warriorship motivational life-lessons life wisdom inspirational warrior-ethos martial-arts ataraxy serenity warriors anger-management anger life-experience inner-peace self-control Bohdi Sanders
cad9f70 Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. philosophy wisdom inspirational Ludwig van Beethoven
b70475f May Light always surround you new-year courage inspirational-quotes success life truth wisdom inspirational beginnings cheer-up wishes D. Simone
74ad36a "You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude wisdom Brian Tracy
1c6156b For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the wing of love there is anger; for the wing of destiny there is fear; for the wing of pain there is healing; for the wing of hurt there is forgiveness; for the wing of pride there is humility; for the wing of giving there is taking; for the wing of tears there is joy; for the wing of rejection there is acceptance; for the wing of judgment there is grace; for the wing of honor there is shame; for the wing of letting go there is the wing of keeping. We can only fly with two wings and two wings can only stay in the air if there is a balance. Two beautiful wings is perfection. There is a generation of people who idealize perfection as the existence of only one of these wings every time. But I see that a bird with one wing is imperfect. An angel with one wing is imperfect. A butterfly with one wing is dead. So this generation of people strive to always cut off the other wing in the hopes of embodying their ideal of perfection, and in doing so, have created a crippled race. human-race life-s-journey the-journey two-wings perfection people humanity inspirational-life inspirational-quotes life-and-living living inspiring life truth wisdom inspirational living-life flying imperfection flight wisdom-quotes perfect ancient wings journey C. JoyBell C.
2b82bb6 I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. truth wisdom Orson Scott Card
734bf07 We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. wisdom inspirational Marcel Proust
25461e3 In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious. wisdom schrodinger-s-cat quantum-physics Terry Pratchett
c1e543f Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same. wisdom Scott Westerfeld
1b67f69 There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way. suffering wisdom revelation proverb Libba Bray
dd907a4 It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. motivation wisdom inspirational priorities simplicity Bruce Lee
166e120 My soul is in the sky. literature wisdom William Shakespeare
dc86427 Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. dismiss spirituality wisdom inspirational soul Walt whitman
346eb0b Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not. death philosophy wisdom inspirational awful serenity peace Epicurus
ef49493 Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. philosophy wisdom Harper Lee
99acba9 Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. life-lessons wisdom wounds hurt scars Wallace Stegner
35b16d9 These violent delights have violent ends. wisdom suddenness William Shakespeare
8f81c64 The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. wisdom life-experience William Blake
abdc7e5 "When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, 'It's all in Plato' -- meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absolute primacy of the material life, rather than the spiritual or the afterlife. young-adult books beauty wisdom offense philip-pullman book belief value children-s-books Philip Pullman
79a6793 Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. reading wisdom inspirational Socrates
7ae912d Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. life love wisdom Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
59337d6 Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth kindness goodness love truth wisdom inspirational generosity anger knowledge Siddh?rtha Gautama
ec82f9a I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. truth wisdom self-destruction self-mutilation Hermann Hesse
70ab1bc Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries. libraries history education wisdom civilization knowledge Carl Sagan
139295b Women may fall when there's no strength in men. Act II marriage men women wisdom William Shakespeare
0381fc7 So wise so young, they say, do never live long. youth wisdom William Shakespeare
56d64da Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier. truth wisdom noah Simone Elkeles
6f6ced3 I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. life wisdom lois-lowry the-giver belonging jonah sorry place alone strange stupid lonely Lois Lowry
de83024 Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever. happiness life philosophy truth wisdom inspirational forgiveness knowledge Wil Zeus
1798e35 There is no escape--we pay for the violence of our ancestors. life philosophy truth wisdom muad-dib legacy Frank Herbert
48dce51 The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. metaphor life wisdom Haruki Murakami
3cd6dbc I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect. respected respectful respecting respecting-yourself human inspiration inspirational-quotes motivation motivational love philosophy wisdom inspirational breaking-up respectable breakups breakup motivational-quotes respecting-others compromise wisdom-quotes respect self-respect humans Amit Kalantri
3c64438 "Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to wisdom Brian Tracy
81c0904 Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. wisdom Kahlil Gibran
92aed4f If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back. satisfaction wisdom curious curiosity Holly Black
dccb800 Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality. personality positive life wisdom educational expectation teaching expectations Brian Tracy
814e447 Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two. time suffering wisdom Lynsay Sands
ab90312 That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't. life philosophy truth wisdom Judy Blume
caeab61 "People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that: "A quiet conscience mades one strong!" true people life-lessons life truth wisdom inspirational wisdom-quote experience consciousness Anne Frank
885afbc To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble. meaning life wisdom inspirational Bill Watterson
4155144 Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil. mind wisdom eternity mystery Edgar Allan Poe
1d9bdb4 Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. philosophy wisdom Michel de Montaigne
f54a3ed You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward toltec-wisdom wisdom inspirational Don Miguel Ruiz
44b3e89 When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true musician confidence wisdom inspirational dreaming Michael Jackson
0a0f76c There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for. romance wisdom sorry Lisa Kleypas
40a17d1 Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better. best-books happin inspirational-life inspirational-quotes life-and-living life-quotes motivation life-lessons life wisdom inspirational excellence motivational-quotes good-books life-experience life-philosophy Bohdi Sanders
98b37b5 When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. wisdom Dr. Seuss
e7c7681 How could I have been so ignorant? she thinks. So stupid, so unseeing, so given over to carelessness. But without such ignorance, such carelessness, how could we live? If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next--if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions--you'd be doomed. You'd be as ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to. loneliness sorrow love wisdom ignorance despair insight Margaret Atwood
c2bca8b A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for. true-purpose inspirational-quotes philosophy wisdom inspirational bird wisdom-quote philosophy-of-life wings Amit Ray
93015b8 I don't think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. wisdom Alexandre Dumas
1eaa19e Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? andrew clements oxemoron life wisdom inspirational paradox ironic beautiful Andrew Clements
db0b296 "We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly." perfection change wisdom fools Ray Bradbury
e30e828 You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone. advaita advaita-vedanta eternal-truths everyone-belongs vedanta enlightenment loneliness global-oneness unity spirituality motivational life-lessons life wisdom inspirational non-duality insights interconnectedness awakening eternal oneness aloneness everyone spiritual-quotes spiritual-growth nonduality eternal-life wisdom-quotes alone awareness Amit Ray
b590413 You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done. grandpa-chet prejudice wisdom inspirational Wendelin Van Draanen
8a6f0c2 He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder. wonder wisdom foolish Tad Williams
cd656a3 I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. politics humor wisdom inspirational slander Margaret Thatcher
503ce1e But that was life: Nobody got a guided tour to their own theme park. You had to hop on the rides as they presented themselves, never knowing whether you would like the one you were in line for...or if the bastard was going to make you throw up your corn dog and your cotton candy all over the place. life-lessons humor wisdom life-sucks random J.R. Ward
8980c1e No,' Nico said. 'Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the trick.' As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could've been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up. life wisdom second-chances nico-di-angelo Rick Riordan
fc2f730 Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body. wisdom inspirational Dan Millman
d263a06 The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything. be-anything sarah-dessen unbroken future choice wisdom inspirational Sarah Dessen
cccd81e "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world. young-adult books beauty wisdom offense philip-pullman book plot belief value children-s-books paraphrased philip pullman
7c20156 Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one. goodness wisdom inspirational self-actualization being Marcus Aurelius
1da303a Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. blossoming divinity-within flowering nourishing inspirational-quotes wisdom inspirational nourishment-of-soul nourishment yoga wisdom-quotes meditation divinity Amit Ray
4e152c3 That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea. life wisdom Nora Roberts
e0f6482 If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going. wisdom inspirational proverv chinese Jodi Picoult
8c621e2 "The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you wisdom Brian Tracy
1d03ba9 Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched... death life wisdom soul J.K. Rowling
dcd56e2 Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent. kingdom-of-fear morality wisdom Hunter S. Thompson
8315426 Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it. wisdom inspirational Jean Jacques Rousseau
5cd54c1 Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don't you often hope: 'May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest desire.' But as long as you are waiting for that mysterious moment you will go on running helter-skelter, always anxious and restless, always lustful and angry, never fully satisfied. You know that this is the compulsiveness that keeps us going and busy, but at the same time makes us wonder whether we are getting anywhere in the long run. This is the way to spiritual exhaustion and burn-out. This is the way to spiritual death. wisdom p30 Henri J.M. Nouwen
6b4fd91 It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living. . . Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our capacity to live by those decisions. life wisdom inspirational Gordon B. Hinckley
e49bf3f Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish. wisdom frank-zhang Rick Riordan
7277f44 You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day. fun humor wisdom inspirational art cool viggo mortensen
0221406 I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have. wisdom plato socrates knowledge Plato
a96d61b But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. wisdom Robert A. Heinlein
ef6a1f4 I don't think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while--just once in a while--there was at least some polite little perfunctory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom, and that if it doesn't, it's just a disgusting waste of time! But there never is! You never even hear any hints dropped on a campus that wisdom is supposed to be the goal of knowledge. You hardly ever even hear the word 'wisdom' mentioned! education wisdom J.D. Salinger
5e3a7cb If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big 'however'- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice...and never understood the difference between the two. wisdom inspirational Andy Andrews
de6726a You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted. writing wisdom Friedrich Nietzsche
be1d826 Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. wisdom inspirational opposition Albert Einstein
074f6ac Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none. life philosophy truth wisdom inspirational excellence critics Robert A. Heinlein
8b753be Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized. women wisdom Simone de Beauvoir
8836bb8 Fear can't be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They're like love. They're almost identical emotions. That's why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons - Fear and Panic - were spawned from both war and love. fear love wisdom ares piper-mclean Rick Riordan
8c88fdc "Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise truth wisdom alice walker
16e4989 He who binds to himself a jo wisdom inspirational William Blake
fd1d050 Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was he more patient, more charitable, than ? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than ? In what respect was he the superior of ? Was he gentler than , more universal than ? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of ? Did he express grander truths than ? Was his mind subtler than 's? Was his brain equal to 's or 's? Was he grander in death - a sublimer martyr than ? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of , the greatest of the human race? shakespeare kindness wisdom bruno epicurus gautama-buddha giordano-bruno laozi zeno zeno-of-citium zoroaster cicero baruch-spinoza epictetus spinoza buddha buddhism socrates stoicism patience isaac-newton johannes-kepler kepler newton william-shakespeare Robert G. Ingersoll
9b7318c For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. wisdom wondering thinking Plato
e1aebe0 One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error. wisdom Hermann Hesse
d9546b3 They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed. philosophy wisdom Ken Kesey
1bfcd60 All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. life wisdom successful-people goal-setting planning Brian Tracy
c7df974 "He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; wisdom William Blake
f537768 "Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen" madness wisdom George R.R. Martin
9822e3e And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. responsibility wisdom inspirational animals Antoine de Saint-Exupery
c7dfc38 A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone. wisdom purpose Rick Riordan
f9de5fe Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness and lack of understanding. writing wisdom prophetic Milan Kundera
b221f30 Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear. love truth wisdom inspirational L.J. Smith
7bbb275 Imagine others complexly. inspiration life philosophy wisdom inspirational John Green
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