Wise Words Quotes - Page 16

• We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Peace

  Pema Chodron (2008). “The Pocket Pema Chodron”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

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• Find someone who is willing to share the truth with you.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Truth, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 06, 2017

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• Philosophy is the sum total of all that you know and what you decide is valuable.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Wise, Philosophy

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 25, 2016

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• Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

  Agatha Christie

  Children, Past, Views

  Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love.

  India.Arie

  Love, Hate, Deep Thought

  Song: The Cure, 2009

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• Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Sympathy, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 05, 2012

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• We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.

  Dalai Lama

  Friendship, Sympathy, Wisdom

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• To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

  Roger Bacon

  Knowledge, Knowing, Words Of Wisdom

  "LIFE" Magazine, (p. 73), September 8, 1958.

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• You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  God, Wise, Wisdom

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• The secret to freedom is to realize that you don’t have to believe your mind. You don’t have to believe your story. You don’t have to believe that voice in your head. You don’t have to believe your own thinking. You can simply observe it and say, “Thank you for sharing,” and then take the necessary action you’re scared to take anyway.

  T. Harv Eker

  Motivational, Thank You, Freedom

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from May 30, 2014

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• Self-creation never ends. You are continually creating yourself from the field of infinite possibilities. You are, in every moment, born again. And so is everyone else.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Inspirational, Self, Creating

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Nov 01, 2014

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• History repeats itself.

  George Eliot

  Wise, Wisdom, History

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• It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Wise, Confidence, Spiritual

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• It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.

  Dan Millman

  Motivational, Mistake, Mean

  Dan Millman (2009). “Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.54, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 08, 2016

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• Things do not change; we change.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Wisdom, Inspiration

  Mother Teresa (2016). “No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition”, p.31, New World Library

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  We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Christian, Wisdom

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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• Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Broken Spirit, Squash

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• People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Wisdom, Creating

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.139, Transaction Publishers

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  Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 22, 2014

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• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

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• The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Life, Wisdom, Philosophical

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  Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.2, Publishdrive

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