Items tagged as 'Wisdom'

Items tagged as 'Wisdom'

Item type: Quote

If your face is ugly, learn to sing.
I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax -- until I tried it myself. Then I realized that they made it only look easy. Even the Berd
We are reformers in spring and summer; in autumn and winter we stand by the old -- reformers in the morning, conservatives at night. Reform is affirmative, conservatism is negative; conservatism goes
There will be no Homeland Security until we realize that the entire planet is our homeland. Every sentient being in the world must feel secure.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look th
Those things which strike the sense outweigh things which, although they be more important, do not strike it directly. Hence, contemplation usually ceases with seeing.
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.

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