Random Quotes
If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.
— John Maxwell
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
— Michael J. Fox
I'll defend to the death your right to say that, but I never said I'd listen to it!
— Tom Galloway with apologies to Voltaire
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
— Unknown
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
— Publilius Syrus
One monk said to the other, "The fish has flopped out of the net! How will it live?"
The other said, "When you have gotten out of the net, I'll tell you."
— Unknown
You work in technology if your boss assumes that if he doesn't understand it, it must be simple to do.
— Scott Adams
It's only funny until someone gets hurt.
Then it's hilarious.
— My son, Costa
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
— Voltaire
Quod erat demonstrandum.
[Thus it is proven. For those who wondered WTF QED means.]
— A. Nony Mouse
Ten Rules for Daily Life:
- Have Universal Mind
- Love all creation
- Be grateful
- Do good in secret
- Have merciful eyes and a gentle body
- Be forgiving and big hearted
- Think deep and judge well
- Be calm and determined
- Be positive and vigorous
- Persevere
— Koichi Tohei (one of the few 10th Dan holders in Aikido)
founder of the Ki Society.
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
— John F. Kennedy
Learn thoroughly what you learn;
let your conduct be worthy of what is learnt;
— Verse 391 from Thirukural, Collection of 1330 noble couplets
Thiruvalluvar, poet and philosopher, 31 B.C.
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, then what am I?
And if not now, when?
— Rabbi Hillel — Ethics of the Fathers
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
— Niels Bohr
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.
— John L. Motley
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
— Albert Einstein
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
— Carl Jung
I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration.
— Byron Katie
Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
— William of Ockham (1285-1349)
If you want to move to a higher level of life, you have to be willing to let go of some of your old ways of thinking and being and adopt new ones.
— T. Harv Eker
The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.
— Eckhart Tolle
You either create or allow everything that happens to you.
— Jack Canfield
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