“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
“Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them.”
“There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.”
“The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.”
“If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.”
“One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.”
“Love is a non-possessive delight in the particularity of the other.”
“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”
“When in doubt, do the courageous thing.”
“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.”
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
“By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.”
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ”
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.”
“The one thing that matters is the effort.”
“... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is comedy, it is psychical and physical pleasure, it is the interplay of a thousand rude or delicate motions and emotions, it is the grimmest and the merriest motley of phantasmagoria that could appeal to the gravest or the maddest brush ever put to palette; but it is steadily and sturdily and always moral responsibility.”
“Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
“Blushing is the color of virtue. ”
“Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.”
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”
“Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.”
“People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.”
“Our strength is a contented and intelligent community.”
“When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.”
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.”
“Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, and collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.”
“When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.”
“Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with.”
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.”
“God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.”
“A leaf that is supposed to grow is full of wrinkles and creases before it develops; if one doesn't have the patience and wants the leaf to be as smooth as a willow leaf from the start, then there is a problem.”
“To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
“To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.”
“Every experience is a stitch in the fabric of your character.”
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy—invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.”
“No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.”
“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”
“In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.”
“We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should forcefully explain that our role is not to teach them to think as we do but rather to teach them, by example, the importance of taking a stance that is rooted in rigorous engagement with the full range of ideas about a topic.”
“If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.”
“In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.”
“Where hope grows, miracles blossom.”
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals!”
“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
“Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts.”
“Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.”
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.”
“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.”
“Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.”
“When there is no where else to turn, turn inward. Enter into the sacred silence of your soul and ask for healing, guidance and personal peace. ”
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”
“I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.”
“The highest vocation we can have is Love. Love in action is service.”
“The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.”
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. ”
“You have many choices. You can choose forgiveness over revenge, joy over despair. You can choose action over apathy.”
“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.”
“To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.”
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”
“We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”
“Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.”
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”
“All our dreams can come true; if we have the courage to pursue them.”
“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.”
“Unheard of means it's only undreamed of yet; Impossible means it's just not yet done.”
“Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability. ”
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
“Slander cannot destroy an honest man when the flood recedes the rock is there.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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