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~ Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes. ~


~ The highest wisdom is loving kindness. ~


~ Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~


~ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~


~ Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. ~


~ A single moment of understanding can flood a whole life with meaning. ~


~ The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose. ~


~ The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. ~


~ If you shut your door to all errors, truth will be shut out. ~


~ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. ~


~ By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever. ~


~ There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself. "It all depends on me." ~


~ My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. ~


~ Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~


~ Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world. ~


~ Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. ~


~ And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ~


~ A lot of successful people are risk-takers. Unless you're willing to do that… to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen. ~


~ When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber. ~


~ No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ~


~ Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. ~


~ In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fouth practicing, the fifth teaching others. ~


~ Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ~


~ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~


~ Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ~


~ Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, brings you an inner peace and tranquillity instead of anger and resentment. ~


~ The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~


~ Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~


~ Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ~


~ In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~


~ Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~


~ Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently ~


~ An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. ~


~ In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences. ~


~ If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. ~


~ Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they are no better than dreams. ~


~ I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess. ~


~ I love thee for a heart that's kind. Not for the knowledge in thy mind. ~


~ Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. ~


~ Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind. ~


~ Every day is irreplaceable, so don't ruin yours by allowing the negative moods of others to pull you into their frame of mind. ~


~ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning today is young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. ~


~ Always direct your thoughts to those truths that will give you confidence, hope, joy, love, thanksgiving, and turn away your mind from those that inspire you with fear, sadness, depression. ~


~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. ~


~ All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? ~


~ A successful team is a group of many hands but of one mind. ~


~ A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. ~


~ The highest wisdom is loving kindness. ~


~ The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction ... the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them. ~


~ The beginning and end of Torah is performing acts of loving kindness. ~


~ One kind word can warm three winter months. ~


~ My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~


~ I have learned silence from the talkative; tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to those teachers. ~


~ Forget injuries, never forget kindness. ~


~ No place is more delightful than one's own fireside. ~


~ Joy is not in things; it is in us. ~


~ Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~


~ Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~


~ Ask not what tomorrow may bring, but count as blessing every day that Fate allows you. ~


~ Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy. ~



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