Quotes
Quotes about Wit
There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.
The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible with talent is genius.
If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other people just as we are, who see the truth as we do...and are only waiting, again as we are, for someone to proclaim it. The Kingdom of God is within you.
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to be taken over by our unquestioning self.
Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interest.
A Code of Honor-never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there light is from within.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.
A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that degree we are wealthy.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Remember, the quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the life of your cells. If the bloodstream is filled with waste products, the resulting environment does not promote a strong, vibrant, healthy cell life-nor a biochemistry capable of creating a balanced emotional life for an individual.
The quality of your life is the quality of your communication. (with yourself as well as with others).
