"wisdom"タグの名言

You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.

Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

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.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.

All sacrifice and suffering is redemptive. It is used to either teach the individual or to help others. Nothing is by chance.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

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.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up

Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

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.

You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.