When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
- John Ruskin
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the
imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
- Ursula LeGuin
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be
the source of your joy. - Thich Nhat Hanh
Successful people are very successful at asking for help. - Robert Maurer
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton, Jr.
Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves
must pass. - Confucius
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes
perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul,
sincerity, earnestness and kindness. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher
(c. 551-478 BCE)
The greatest power I have over my own life is my ability for self-definition
--to know who I am by learning where I came from and where I have been.
- Jamila Wideman
The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of
any use to oneself. - Oscar Wilde
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give
it. - Agatha Christie
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. - Shakespeare
Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. - Hasidic
saying
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the
constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." - Andre Maurois
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never
thrown
away. - Arthur Helps
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that
children produce adults. - Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (1910-1993)
[The
Tunnel of Love, 1954]
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go
deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of
somebody else. - Arnold Bennett
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on
friendship. - John D. Rockefeller
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding
each other. - Eric Hoffer