Monday, November 17, 2008
Not everything that
counts can be
counted, and not everything that can be
counted
counts.
Albert EinsteinForgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.
Mohandas K. GandhiCompassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.Joanna MacyOur lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the
nature of things.
Lama Surya DasEvery time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.
Cheri HuberWise men talk because they have
something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PlatoThe ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way.
Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
Margaret Chase SmithYou always admire what you really
don't understand.
Blaise PascalI wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious
Ambiguity.
Gilda RadnerPeople always seemed to know
half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.
Jane HaddamThe 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.
M. Scott PeckEven if you do learn to speak
correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Clarence DarrowPeople say conversation is a
lost art; how often I have wished it were.
Edward R. MurrowOne of the basic causes for all the
trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.
Margaret Chase Smith**its quite nice reading these wisdom of quotes. it definitely enlightens my mood :Dit feels real long being M-I-A! hahahah
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