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| Quotes. We enjoy including wonderful quotations throughout the site. We know that many of you love to ponder on them further, so we're placing them all here on these pages, and will add the new ones each month. Choose a group to read related quotes:
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| "Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Past experience is compost." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Everthing is taken from one's life. You can call them emotions or thoughts. These are all names for experiences." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Courage is not the absence of despair. Rather it is the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It is a little step between being happy and being depressed." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Slow down and
enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you
also miss the sense of where you are going and why." |
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| "I achieve better balance by giving myself the opportunity to savor life more." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You're not going to do this again. are you?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "We are at this moment participating in one of the very greatest leaps of the human spirit." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "How you imagine the world determines how you live in it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Space is the infinite deity which surrounds us and in which we are ourselves contained." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There is a time
for the labor of digging and mixing the earths, a time for the heat of
fire, and a time for contemplating what is done." |
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| "Adopt the pace of nature." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Grace or the Tao surrounds us always, whenever we are open to it for a moment, it enters into us." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It is the preoccupation
with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living
freely and nobly." |
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| "If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'thank you', that would suffice." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In winter people
should retire early at night and rise late in the morning and they should
wait for the rising of the sun." |
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| "Whoever wishes
to investigate medicine should proceed thus: in the first place, consider
the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produce." |
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| "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Make the least of all that goes, and make the most of all that comes." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A life making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life doing nothing." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The saints are the sinners who keep on going." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I can pardon everyone's mistakes but my own." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The real world does not conform to our expectations and predictions." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "First live and then develop a philosophy." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I long to accomplish
a great and noble task, but my chief duty is to accomplish small tasks
as if they were great and noble." |
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| "Duty is what one expects from others - it is not what one does oneself. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Making a decision is a commitment. It always involves the risk of failure." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There is no enlightenment outside of daily life ." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify ." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life is so short, we must move very slowly." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Let yourself be open and life will be easier." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "If you take
care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You
can gain more control over your life by paying attention to the little things." |
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| "When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Slow down and enjoy life." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You may have
habits that weaken you. The secret to making a shift is to focus your
energy on building the new instead of fighting the old." |
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| "It is one of
the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help
another without helping himself." |
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| "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The whole life lies in the verb - seeing." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Escape is not a dirty word. You can't face life head on all the time." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Out of clutter, find simplicity." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children - this is to have succeeded." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The event of
creation did not take place many eons ago, astronomically or biologically
speaking. Creation is taking place every moment of our lives." |
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| "I am disturbed by what I see, but I will bear witness." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "If I live my life like I play my drum, I wouldn't have any problems." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nothing has changed but my attitude. Everything has changed." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "People are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Does fashion matter? Always – though not quite as much after death." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I have
not always aimed for balance in life, but now I see that if I want to
realize my dreams I must maintain a fine balance." |
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| "I am in
my studio all day working, often in that deep and violent way, and when
evening comes and family life reclaims me, then I feel stabilized." |
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| "To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Busyness and distraction lead to numbness." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "And the seasons, they go round and round." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It won't be long now till you drag your feet to slow the circles down." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "But ne'er the rose without the thorn." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The best rose bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Live well. It is the greatest revenge." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Truly appreciate life, and you will find that you have more of it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Becoming aware of the miracle of being alive can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop next time." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Don't worry that children never listen to you, worry that they are always watching you." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There
is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colours are brighter,
the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever before." |
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| "One test of the correctness of an educational method is the happiness of the child." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "If you kick the person in the pants responsible for your trouble, you will not sit down for a month." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "All that we are is the result of what we have thought." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I was
thrown out of school for cheating on a metaphysics exam; I looked into
the soul of the person sitting next to me." |
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| "Football
is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice,
dedication and respect for authority." |
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| "Football combines two of the worst things in life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In doing
your work in the world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I heard on
the football field. Don't flinch, don't fall, hit the line hard." |
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| "If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There exists no more difficult art than living." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent. The day he forgives them, he becomes an adult. The day he forgives himself, he becomes wise." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "We have had bad luck with children. They have all grown up." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The only real valuable thing is intuition." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life would be boring, and life would be grim, If children were all goody-goody and prim " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "What fantastic creatures boys are!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The best things in life are silly." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it is lovely to be silly at the right moment." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The past is history The future is a mystery This moment is a gift That is why it is called the present Enjoy it. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You must not think that my life has been wasted, or that I would exchange it with that of anyone I know." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Confidence is the feeling you have before you fully understand the situation." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "What man actually needs is not a tensionless state, but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You are not here merely to make a living; you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing was necessary" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "When I hear someone sign, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In cooking as in all arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life without love is like a year without summer." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In summer the song sings itself." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "When I want your opinion, I will give it to you." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There are as many opinions as there are experts." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The more opinions you have, the less you are." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Some people think it is holding on that makes them strong. Sometimes it is letting go." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There are things that we never want to let go of…but keep in mind that letting go is not the end of the world, it is the beginning of a new life." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Breath. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Elephants and grandchildren never forget." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The birth of a grandchild is a wonderful and exciting event." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "People say that a person has not found himself. But the self is not something one finds. It is something one creates." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you will discover will be wonderful. What you will discover is yourself." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It is not the length of life, but the depth of life." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate on the present moment." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Carpe diem." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only love." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Love is like an earthquake - unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over you realize how lucky you truly are." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I am proud to pay taxes. I would be just as proud for half the money." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Since we get more joy out of giving joy to others, we should put a great deal of thought into the happiness we are able to give." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "You will discover that you have two hands. One is for helping yourself and the other is for helping others." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The great barrier to success is fear of failure." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Football features two of the worst parts of North American life-violence punctuated by committee meetings." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Football is an occasion at which dancing girls, bands, tactical huddles and commercial breaks are interrupted by short bursts of play." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Football is a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching it, not smashing the egg." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Patience is the companion of wisdom." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping the gears." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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