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If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm and present instantly.
— Tobe Hanson, The Four Seasons Way of Life:: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
Health, peace of mind, peak performance, and success in any area of life all depend upon doing the right thing at the right time, in harmony with the cycles of the Four Seasons.
— Tobe Hanson, The Four Seasons Way of Life:: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
The Fur Person learned then and there that it is better to be a philosopher than to be a king and that, all things considered, wisdom was to be preferred to power.
— May Sarton, The Fur Person
Wisdom is the fruit of a balanced development.
— Alfred North Whitehead
One of the evidences of wisdom is order.
— ANIKOR Daniel
In my experience, stress is the cause of all injury and pain.
— Tobe Hanson, The Four Seasons Way of Life:: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
If you want special illumination, look upon the human face:See clearly within laughter the Essence of Ultimate Truth.
— Idries Shah, Special Illumination: The Sufi Use of Humor
Every plant, tree, and animal is a blessing and every person has a purpose for living. Courage, curiosity, and generosity produce noble spirits. Enduring life honorably results in wisdom. Knowledge passed down from one generation to the next along with humankind's tradition of performing charitable and self-sacrificing deeds creates principled legacies for future generations to emulate.
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Bir kaplanın sırtında yolculuk etmenin en önemli kuralı, kulaklarını asla bırakmamaktır.
— Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.
— Miyakahi Hayao
Suffering introduces a man to his soul.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Happiness is heaven in human heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Am I still the same Alice? Or have I become a better or worse one?”“Yes,” was the caterpillar’s reply.“Yes, to what?”“It doesn’t matter.
— Emory R. Frie, Wonderland
Through every turn in life, through every little twist of fate, there is an opportunity to take a step back, find and reinvent yourself, and come back a bigger, stronger, better you.
— Carlos Salinas, The Little Book of Big Quotes: Volume I
The difference between those that can and those that can’t is attitude.
— Carlos Salinas, The Little Book of Big Quotes: Volume I
It becomes a lot easier to understand people when you realize that not everyone wants or is after the same thing.
— Carlos Salinas, The Little Book of Big Quotes: Volume I
The taller you stand, the more possibilities you see.
— Carlos Salinas, The Little Book of Big Quotes: Volume I
God brings wonderful people into our lives. He also takes people out to protect us from harm. When we roll with God’s grace, we feel his wisdom.
— Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono
Die wertvollste Reise ist die Reise zu unserem Selbst.
— Nina Hrusa
Whatever you experience is what you must feel.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Humans are at their best when alleviating the suffering of another living thing.
— Eileen Anglin
The right reason and motive for success, while pursued in the right way, will trigger divine support, human celebration and personal fulfillment because the endeavor becomes bigger than oneself.
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
Whatever man seeks lies in his heart of love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you want to heal or experience more happiness in life, learn to move out of the mental body and be in your heart more. You will know you are "in your head" is when you analyze, control and overthink. When you have run on thoughts, worry, and talk without listening. When you take all the workshops and read all the books, but aren't experiencing it's message in your heart.
— Eileen Anglin
Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.
— Vironika Tugaleva
To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.
— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.
— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Un país gana más con un año de paz que con diez de guerra.
— Jean Plaidy, Queen of This Realm
I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
I believe that the best leadership is loud authenticity. That is what the world needs now. We don’t need more plastic, Photoshooped perfection. I don’t want people to look at me and wish they could be me. I want people to look at me and see their own potential. I want people to be more accepting of their own failures, imperfections, and struggles because they watch me accept of my own.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.
— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Those who understand will understand.
— Wayne Gerard Trotman
Even the wisdom of the wisest depends on the accumulated wisdom of the past!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
Crossing the limit is not my styleMy footsteps meander less than a mileI travel the world perhaps in a minuteYet a dream, to me, is never infinite!
— Munia Khan
In youth audacity is wise
— William Allingham, Blackberries
Compassion and communication are both incredibly important in relationships, but most of us use these at the wrong time. If we communicate, it's only in times of conflict, allowing repressed emotions and unsaid worries form into their worst phrasings. If we show compassion, it's only in good times, when we're feeling good about one another and don't feel triggered or attacked. What if we changed our approach? What if we showed compassion in conflict—taking the time to listen, understand, help each other release pent-up emotions? And what if we communicated in good times—taking the time to talk about patterns we fall into, triggers we both have, and how we can work together to break our cycles? Then, we would stop helplessly dancing the same old tango of mutual misunderstanding. Then, we could work on giving one another room to feel, to love, and to grow.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
Technology has not made humanity any wiser, it has only made us more dangerous.
— James Rozoff
Wise men don't feel companionless when they are not in the company of their egos.
— Delian Zahariev
If you are financially affluent, think of adopting a kid and raise him or her right next to your biological offspring. And let your love become the proof of your parenthood, instead of your DNA.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
Failures make character, not success.
— Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting
The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.
— Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi
To wonder is to be wise.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The wound is the seed of wonder.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Is man wiser than his Maker?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be sure to understand the terms of any contract, before you sign.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.
— A.H. Septimius, Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
Wisdom is the best gift you can ever build. It gets you to unimagined heights and knowledge follows it.
— Auliq Ice
You can't have favour with God and suffer in life. Learn to have God's favour first, and the favour of men will fall in place automatically for you.
— WISDOM KWASHIE MENSAH (WKM)
I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.
— Auliq Ice
No one escape death!
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Who sees the many and not the one, wanders on from death to death.Even by the mind this truth is to be learned: there are not many but only one. Who sees variety and not the unity wanders on from death to death.
— Upanishad
As soon as you approach the light, the darkness shall fade.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
You can't change people with love. It doesn't work that way.
— A.S. King, Still Life with Tornado
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.
— William Osler
Life is a continuum of problems to solve and lessons to learn. Once you accept this truth, then the problem you’re facing is no longer a problem but rather an opportunity to learn.
— Tobe Hanson, The Four Seasons Way of Life: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.
— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
The biggest mistake people make when trying to be authentic is just that: they try. They see these role models of what an "authentic" person is supposed to look like or act like, and they try to emulate that. Authenticity isn't about what things appear to be. It's about allowing things to be what they are. Authenticity is about getting away from hiding, from wearing a mask, from always asking, "How should I act? What should I say? What will people think?" That includes asking, "How should an authentic person act? What would a genuine person say?"Being authentic isn't about making yourself a certain way. It's not even about finding out what you "really" enjoy as opposed to what other people enjoy, or who you "really" are as opposed to who other people are. Authenticity is allowing your likes, dislikes, personality, appearance, hobbies, and beliefs to be fluid, to change, to evolve as you learn, grow, and experience the world.At its core, authenticity is the practice of surrendering the tiresome task of keeping up appearances and taking up of the lifetime work of allowing what is already within you to come out while you remove as many internal and external obstacles as possible.And who knows what will spill out of you if you just allow it to? Who knows what is within you awaiting recognition, awaiting permission to show itself to the world? Even you don’t know—until you try. Or, rather, until you stop trying. Until you become curious.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
— Charlie Munger
The most important feeling in the world is trust. The worse is betrayal. Without trust, there is no love. Without trust, there is betrayal. And betrayal is the ultimate consequence of selfishness and naiveness, both ramifications of egotism. Whenever you can't confront reality, you can't love and you can't protect yourself against the lack of it. Wisdom can help you, because wisdom consists in the ability to love oneself, confront reality and accept the mistakes of others. That requires courage, but courage without wisdom is foolishness in disguise. You must be wise to see through and remain calm. It is a never-ending goal, and as much as the intensity of the complexities you're faced with. More complexities require more wisdom. Peace can't be found without an action towards it, and solutions that justify it. An antagonistic solution would only present itself as one whenever wisdom has failed. An avatar must be immensely wise to live with himself but not ignorant enough to accept the masses when confronted with their ignorance. However, if you're just a mortal being struggling against endless challenges, pray to God for wisdom, for He will bring forth to your realm His most highly recommended masters and meaningful literature. If you find them, don't judge them by how they appear, look or are dressed. Don't judge them as well by when and where they appear to you. For the unwise does not have the right to judge the mysteries unveiling his own ignorance. And if you find a book in a trashcan, do not judge it as well by where you have found it. Salvation is everywhere. It is wise to believe that. We suffer more due to the immense signs we reject than those we accept.
— Robin Sacredfire
Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers from Plato to Augustine, theorizing was but one mode of living life philosophically. To Socrates and the countless classical philosophers who tried to follow in his footsteps, the primary point was not to ratify a certain set of propositions (even when the ability to define terms and analyze arguments was a constitutive component of a school's teaching), but rather to explore 'the kind of person, the sort of self' that one could elaborate as a result of taking the quest for wisdom seriously.
— James Miller
Let’s face it, life is trivial, and my guess is that dying imparts very little wisdom on those in process.
— Sue Grafton, I is for Innocent
Nothing is dark when you embosom your own light within you
— Munia Khan
God willl the way.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I am that I ama Goddess, a Godentitled to the deepest and most beautiful sensationsoffered by Heaven and EarthIn love I trustIn Wisdom I am revealed
— Ramon Ravenswood, Twilight Zone Encounters
Almost all accidents and injuries happen when an individual is not being present and not paying attention to what they are doing.
— Tobe Hanson, The Four Seasons Way of Life: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth
True friendship is th treasure of forgiveness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The telling and the hearing of a story is not a simple act. The one who tells must reach down into deeper layers of the self, reviving old feelings, reviewing the past. Whatever is retrieved is reworked into a new form, one that narrates events and gives the listener a path through these events that leads to some fragment of wisdom. The one who hears takes the story in, even to a place not visible or conscious to the mind, yet there. In this inner place a story from another life suffers a subtle change. As it enters the memory of the listener it is augmented by reflection, by other memories, and even the body hearing and responding in the moment of the telling. By such transmissions, consciousness is woven.
— Susan Griffin, A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
Se ciascuno pensa solo a se stesso e non si fida che di se stesso, come volete che ci sia coraggio civile, dal momento che questa virtù si basa sulla rinuncia a se stessi? Coraggio civile e coraggio militare nascono dallo stesso principio. Voi siete chiamati a dare la vostra vita in un sol momento, la nostra si consuma a goccia a goccia. Da entrambe le parti è la stessa lotta, sotto forme diverse. Non basta essere onesti per far progredire il più piccolo paese, bisogna anche essere preparati; senza contare che istruzione, onestà, amor di patria non valgono niente se non c'è la ferma volontà di trascurare ogni interesse personale per dedicarsi al pubblico bene
— Honoré de Balzac, The Country Doctor
There is no saint here. I have attained wisdom from life's experiences... the positive, the negative, the destructive, the nourishing. I have been medicine and I have been poison. I've learned a lot about heaven from aligning with angels and I learned a lot about hell from acting like a devil. I offer my scars... what you call "wisdom"... as insight I have gathered from my comfort of living within both the light and the shadow.
— Steve Maraboli
The more silent is my mind,The more it speaks;Wisdom is a light divine,And its shadow a mystique!
— Neelam Saxena Chandra
In my experience, it is always worth it to find the love that lives inside you. No matter how deep you have to dig sometimes.
— Scott Stabile
If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time; and indeed it would seem now that it will be extremely dangerous to neglect it. If death were a release from everything, it would be a boon for the wicked, because by dying they would be released not only from the body but also from their own wickedness together with the soul; but as it is, since the soul is clearly immortal, it can have no escape of security from evil except by becoming as good and wise as it possibly can. For it takes nothing with it to the next world except its education and training...
— Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
non c’è peggiore infedeltà che essere fedeli a un morto
— Don Lorenzo Milani
¿Preguntas cúal es el fundamento de la sabiduría? No gozarte en cosas vanas.
— Seneca, Moral letters to Lucilius Volume 1
Everything is in a state of becoming more then it is
—  otherwise we would all be bored.
If you live as if you know nothing you offer yourself the opportunity to learn everything.
— Kay Whitley, Out Loud: A collection of spoken word poetry
Love freelyAsk kindlyLive gentlyLove fiercelyHope infinitelyRage internallyForgive repeatedlySpeak wiselyFeel deeply
— Amit Howard
It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.
— Idries Shah, Observations
We only reach true wisdom when we accept that we have probably forgotten far more than we now remember.
— Ian Bates
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms...
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.
— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
— Carl R White
A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.
— Mohith Agadi
If there’s one thing that’s irrefutably absurd, it’s believing that we can separate intelligence from wisdom and still have it be intelligence.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might ask how much polish can the grit of bias actually create?
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
(God) will always grant us wisdom when we ask. And when we seek Him and obey Him, He works all things out for our good.
— Teresa Schultz, The Bible In Poetry,
Eventually, it boils down to two choices – do I wish to experience this physical reality primarily through joy or do I want to experience it through suffering? That’s all there is to it. And since each person eventually works their way toward the realization that conscious expansion can happen through joy rather than suffering – enlightenment is a natural byproduct.
— Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace
A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work
— Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
There are paths above the paths, the paths of the birds! There are paths above the paths of the birds, the paths of the clouds! And there are paths above the paths of the clouds, the paths of the planets! When you are travelling on a path, never forget that there are higher paths, there are higher wisdoms over your head!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We may learn things from one who preaches, or we may find their pontificating a waste of time—often enough, a hypocritical waste of time. What child ever preaches? Yet time spent open-heartedly with a child is never wasted.
— Quentin S. Crisp, The Little One: A Meditation
La vie se joue souvent en deux manches: dans un premier temps, elle t'endort en te faisant croire que tu gères, et sur la deuxième partie, quand elle te voit détendu et désarmé, elle repasse les plats et te défonce.
— Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, 1
The best self is a good being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you read proverbs, you will find answers to every puzzle.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The wilderness leads to wonder of the moment.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Even in your pains, troubles or difficulties, create unforgettable memories by putting a smile on the faces of others'.
— WISDOM KWASHIE MENSAH (WKM)
There is a depth to life which only comes from our connection to other people. However, we have to find it without becoming a prisoner.
— Donna Goddard, Waldmeer
इतिहास का विश्लेषण, उसकी सामाजिक व्याख्या मनुष्य कि घृणा को तर्क से शमित करती है, पर अतीत तर्क कि पद्धति को स्वीकार नहीं करता, वह केवल आंशिक सत्यो को स्मृति की कहानियो में बदल देता है और उसे सदियों जीवित रखता है .
— Kamleshwar
The critical nature of 'choices' -- [the] timing will prove to be an asset or liability; it will reward wisdom or expose stupidity. Either way, we learn from the path of suffering or satisfaction… by choice and by design.
— T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"
The critical nature of 'choices' -- [the] timing will prove to be an asset or liability; it will reward wisdom or expose stupidity. Either way, we learn from the path of suffering or satisfaction… by choice or by design.
— T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"
Walk while you can.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Not everyone who loves music can play the tune.Estelle
— Nora Roberts
Three things have a limited threshold:Time, pain, and death.While truth, love, and knowledge –Are boundless.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are quoting me. Truth always rises with time.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
How can our words ever truly be our own? Since we started growing all we've been taught is to care how we represent our persona and how we should communicate appropriately and how we portrait ourselves as acceptable human beings. what we've been taught, thats everything. We didn't shape our own minds, so how can our words really be our own?
— A.Y.C.C
...books give a man ideas, they make him want to live.
— Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean
Practice bravery every day and the self-worth will come.
— Alaric Hutchinson
Bravery is listening even when you don't want to hear it.
— Alaric Hutchinson
Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.
— Alaric Hutchinson
When men learn to glimpse the Universe through the eyes of the Spirit, all they see is Love
— Ivan Figueroa-Otero, Spirituality 103, the Forgiveness Code: Finding the Light in Our Shadows
We were born as a free soul. We only become enslaved in the world.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A grandmother’s love is selfless all the way to the bones.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you're doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.
— Sōseki Natsume, Sanshirō
...the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Fire and Ice Legend
He who wishes to gain understanding, must first depart from devilish ways.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Evil is something you need to fight until it ceases trying to control you.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
The right path is characterised by rough road.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
...Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Dark Shades
A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Fire and Ice Legend
The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of the cause that is intended to alleviate their miseries. However, they do not do so out of wickedness or malice. Often times, they betray their interests out of incomprehension, docility and resignation to the status quo. In a subtle way, the masses often end up collaborating with those oppressing them.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Fire and Ice Legend
...The world gets blessed every now and then with unique souls who though burdened by their invisible crosses, still have the extraordinary strength to forge ahead in life and give others a helping hand at the same time. Despite their tribulations, most of us think they are fine. Even when the weight of their crosses become unbearable, even when they proceed in a breathless manner, we still have a hard time understanding that they are drowning. In fact, we even condemn them for failing to sacrifice more...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
You see, wisdom does not come with grey hairs.
— Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
Never spit in a lion's face when you've got your hand in his mouth.
— A.G. Gaston, Green Power: The Successful Way of A. G. Gaston
Every wound is a word.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What is the purpose of wealth if it cannot serve an ideal that enhances humanity and betters the lives of the people, even if that means those we have never met before in our lives?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
The measure of a man is his state of mind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is neither a feast nor a fun. But a fast.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018).
— Michael  Rogers, Tales Of
You got it all wrong in your way of thinking.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Divine providence for next dimension is a natural as rest, food and water are to our natural bodies. Rest, Arise and Eat for the challenges ahead of you are too great for you.
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Remember it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
— Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans
What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
— Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans
If they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
— Jesus of Nazareth -- Book of Luke
knowledge is our enviroment..wisdome, is how we perceive our environment".
— Daryavesh Rothmensch
Well, there would be no sound if we shout on the background.
— Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual
A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.
— Fennel Hudson, Traditional Angling - Fennel's Journal - No. 6
Those with traditional sense will follow what their heart tells them is right.
— Fennel Hudson, Traditional Angling - Fennel's Journal - No. 6
We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The ways of the heart are complex.” He looked out at the ocean again. “The waves churn and break upon the rocks, Talon. So do human feelings. Passion can be a man’s undoing. With passion must come wisdom; otherwise, your enemies have a weapon to use against you.
— Raymond E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk
With true love, you can move mountains, make unusual sacrifices, live a life of deprivations and still be happy.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Never allow yourself to be sapped of your extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
... People who are the spices of this world are the natural souls with instincts and impulses that have not been pruned by evolution and civilization.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Most of the truly kind people of this world show some measure of discomfort when offered kindness. Their gratitude stems not only from their understanding of the depth of the force of kindness, but also from their conviction that kindness should not be taken for granted.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
So, you see; you have the soul of a missionary, the heart of a revolutionary and the mind of a reformer. But what are you to yourself and the family and friends who will always be there for you?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
…our recollections bring out our joyful smiles, but hardly make us chortle or guffaw; our recollections often leave imprints on our faces that show our regrets, but they hardly produce sounds that echo the depth of those regrets.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know or haven’t made the effort to understand.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The writer is the cursed artist of the soul. The expression of his art is a reflection of his quest to understand man by unraveling the mysteries that have been haunting humankind from time immemorial. In the end of his journey to understand man, the writer becomes more human even though his soul ends up finding less peace.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life’s nobleness.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
…the truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
A man can’t talk of true happiness if he has never known true love—the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
If there is no any patience, forbearance and forgiveness. Then there is no peace.
— Muditha Champika, Decoding Mysteries Of Nature And The Universe: Comparison of Pure Buddhist Philosophy and Science
why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.
— Raymond E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk
Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.
— Raymond E. Feist, Talon of the Silver Hawk
Don’t be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.
— Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
Love has no color, love has no language and love has no religion.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
When faced with difficulties, a humble, understanding, appreciative and selfless person finds it easy to win a friend. On the other hand, a temperamental, egoistic, condensing, self-absorbed, self-conceited and narrow-minded person who lacks the basic sense of humility easily loses friends when in distress.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them
Kindness is a source of relief to the soul of the giver, creating a sense of fortitude that is incomprehensible to those who do not know what kindness is all about.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that illuminates the sky, but then fades away because it lacks the sustainable energy of the sun.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations more than others.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
When singers, actors or artists touch on sorrow, they are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows. The job of the singer, actor or artists ,in general, is to make us comfortable with our feelings or emotions―be it pain, hurt, anger, hatred, sadness, pleasure, love, cheerfulness or joy.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their days, the types who give much artistic expression to the world, but who are lonely in their overcrowded worlds of love.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their personal feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they have weaved. And in a curious way, without them really knowing it, writers are the sum total of the characters they created in their heads or in their writings. Yes, My Dear Tania; writers are capable of reflecting their characters, even though most of them are determined to be just like your ordinary guy next door.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
When somebody you love dies, a phase of life’s innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs, especially the material things of life.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
…a writer, like most artists, needs a partner who can act as the fuel to his artistic mind and soul, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Judgments based on preconceptions make life simple for us to deal with since that means we safely shield ourselves behind barriers of preconception that helped us feel safe in whatever views or assumptions we are having.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the first time.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
In dealing with others, man is inherently a slave to his preconceptions, to the stereotypes he became familiar with that made life easier for him to comprehend.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can’t directly influence things.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Life is full of intriguing souls that you cannot penetrate… An uncomfortable percentage of those anguished and impregnable souls also have suffering hearts that are further tormented by a deluded mind. They will hurt out of an impulse, and then live their lives after that without the slightest remorse.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Avoid people who hurt from an impulse. I mean people who have this tendency to relish their capacity to hurt the good souls of this world, and who after hurting, wake up the next day without a trace of despondent brooding, and then move on with life never thinking that they should show some remorse or try to repent.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
In your selflessness pursuit of things higher than yourself, you appear selfish or inconsiderate to those who truly love you and who have cared deeply about you from the first day you came into their lives.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Hold onto your creativity, that idealism that is rooted in some degree of innocence and a firm belief in something finer than the things we already have.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Never give up the freeness of your soul. Live your duty to mankind, nurture creatures of this world as a true mother of the earth, but never shut your imagination off from those desires that distinguish you from the ordinary. Never allow yourself to be sapped of that extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
Isn’t reality based on the prevailing culture, the trend that people want to identify with?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
At what point is normal natural?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail
The wise shall learn.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The women glare at each other. Grin. You have friends when you're fifteen years old. Sometimes you get them back.
— Fredrik Backman, Beartown
What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross
A yesterday missed can never be found even in a fine tomorrow.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Flash of the Sun
We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves
—  but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging
The people’s hero does not only have to be someone in possession of the scepter of power. It can be anyone capable of giving unity, prosperity, security, peace and a sense of worthiness to his people. Such a figure gets elevated to the status of a revered hero with the human touch if he imparts a sense of oneness on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-religious group; especially a diverse people who have been fighting one another for years and centuries...
— Janvier Chando, The Union Moujik
My patria vera or true fatherland is the place that enriches my soul.
— Janvier Chando, The Union Moujik
a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.
— Janvier Chando, The Union Moujik
The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.
— Janvier Chando, The Union Moujik
I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed in disproving the oracle and pointing out to my divine authority 'You said that I was the wisest of men, but here is a man who is wiser than I am.' Well, I gave a thorough examination to this person... and in conversation with him I formed the impression that although in many people's opinion, and especially in his own, he appeared to be wise, in fact he was not. Then when I began to try to show him that he only thought he was wise and was not really so, my efforts were resented both by him and by many of the other people present. However, I reflected as I walked away: 'Well, I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know... [A]s I pursued my investigation at the god's command,... my honest impression was... that the people with the greatest reputations were almost entirely deficient, while others who were supposed to be their inferiors were much better qualified in practical intelligence.
— Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross
Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross
He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross
A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Flash of the Sun
It is not something we often find out
—  but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary.
...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest...
— Janvier Chando, The Union Moujik
Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man’s world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
Motivation gets you started, and inspiration keeps you going.
— Brandon Garic Notch
One day at a time, one round at a time, one step at time.
— Brandon Garic Notch
Maisie bit her lip. She had learned that sometimes it was best to let words die of their own accord, rather than fight them.
— Jacqueline Winspear, In This Grave Hour
When you are wise, peace shall follow.
— Abhijit Naskar
Mom often said to me, "I know if you look good, you get special treatment." And then she went a step further: "I don't care what the world says or does. You have to remember that every person is valuable.
— Ashley Graham
Faith is focus.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is a sad truth that those who crave and seek power, invariably abuse that power once they obtain it.
— Ian Gregoire, The Exercise of Vital Powers
Thought doesn't wrap around awareness. Awareness wraps around thought.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
Because it works it doesn't mean it is necessary right. One can be sincerely and successfully wrong~Dad to his son (Psalms 37:7)
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
He clearly suffers from some past traumas too, so hopefully he'll understand why I was untruthful to him about mine.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
If everything happens for a reason that means you made the right choice even when it’s the wrong choice
— Treyco
Your passion is your connection to God.
— Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion
Whatever happens when the seed meets the soil, the same thing happens when you meet the wisdom!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
Use filmmaking to eliminate racism – use to it terminate misogyny – use it to destroy homophobia and all other primitiveness.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Living beings have this in common
—  the breath of life.
If you are someone who dislikes, condemns and rejects new ideas, you aren’t fit to lead.
— Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
We must cultivate our heads. But nurture our hearts.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The art of filmmaking is the most influential form of art that has ever existed throughout the history of human artistic endeavors.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Filmmaking has the power to fortify the feeble, unify the divided, raise the abandoned and inspire the ignorant.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Make movies my friend – make nice, inspiring and bold movies that will penetrate the darkest corners of the human mind and illuminate the soul.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.
— Eoin Colfer, Airman
The paradise of prayers is like a palace full of precious things.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The world of books is the wealth of being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The fate of humanity is a common destiny of death.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The only fight should be the fight of faith. Full force of enduring to the end of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you reflect on death, you find the vanity of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Are you afraid now?" said Gregor."At times," she admitted. "But it is no worse than if I were in Regalia. You see, I was tired of constant fear, so I made a decision. Everyday when I wake I tell myself it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it."Gregor thought this was the single saddest thing anyone had ever said to him. He couldn't answer."And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death out of one more day," she said. "Do you see?
— Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander
The Truth burns the heart like a hammer breaking a rock.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We seek excellence before we seek understanding, wisdom before we gain knowledge, success before we understand hardwork; for this reason we need great teachers and leaders.
— Wayne Chirisa
Karma says what you give is what you get, so why do the loyal person end up being betrayed
— Treyco From Waco