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When You Live Life Too Early, You Learn Life Too Late.
— O. S. Hickman
I guess knowledge alone does not equal wisdom.
— Annie Bradshaw
Make films that purify the soul with the flow of rational, vigorous and compassionate thinking.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Use filmmaking for a greater purpose, than to just entertain some drowsy minds. Wake the whole world up with your movies. It has been sleeping for long. Its eternal sleep has become its darkest nemesis. Now is the time to wake it up.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Take the clapper and become the alarm that the world so desperately needs.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Whatever genre you deem suitable for your taste – romance, comedy, action, mystery, sci-fi or anything else, make sure it has the plain everyday human kindness.
— Abhijit Naskar, The Film Testament
Make friends on your way up since you might need them on your way down.
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
You attract poverty when you lack value for time
— Sunday Adelaja
Convert everything around you into meaningful products
— Sunday Adelaja
Joblessness is a time for reflection
— Sunday Adelaja
You kill the biggest possible resource when you waste time
— Sunday Adelaja
Never allow a minute to pass without asking yourself what you did with the time
— Sunday Adelaja
Find solitude and discover ways to add value to yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
Always be a blessing to others
— Sunday Adelaja
You throw away the substance from which life is made of when you waste time
— Sunday Adelaja
Time is the source of greatness
— Sunday Adelaja
Invest your time in producing product or service
— Sunday Adelaja
Put your converted time into something productive
— Sunday Adelaja
Covert your time for discovery
— Sunday Adelaja
Production is the greatest assessment of time well spent
— Sunday Adelaja
Convert your knowledge into product
— Sunday Adelaja
Everything depends on the wealth of time
— Sunday Adelaja
Time produces quality product
— Sunday Adelaja
Get your idea into image and find ways to convert it into tangible product
— Sunday Adelaja
Wisdom is the ability to see the invisible
— Sunday Adelaja
Use time to create the nature of God in yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
Use time to be a seeker of the Kingdom
— Sunday Adelaja
Time can be used to convert anything
— Sunday Adelaja
Control yourself every passing second and make sure that no unit of time is being wasted
— Sunday Adelaja
Knowing what to do with time is the key to being productive
— Sunday Adelaja
Time is a rare resource and must be invested wisely
— Sunday Adelaja
You can never grow when you don’t place value on time
— Sunday Adelaja
Invest your time adding value to others
— Sunday Adelaja
Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively
— Sunday Adelaja
The time you utilize doing something determines how good the product will be
— Sunday Adelaja
Time is the source of all things
— Sunday Adelaja
In case you’re short on definitions, here’s one. Insanity: ‘Destroying the very things that sustain us.’ And if we’re so short-sighted so as to make such preposterous choices, then it’s not all that preposterous to believe that shortly our end will be in sight.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Investing time in adding value to yourself is the best way to invest time
— Sunday Adelaja
Getting fired from work is not a death sentence
— Sunday Adelaja
Getting fired from work is not a tragedy
— Sunday Adelaja
The amount of time spent doing something is what adds value to it
— Sunday Adelaja
The next thing to do after discovering who you are is to build and add value to yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
The tragedy of life is when you do not know what to do with time
— Sunday Adelaja
Wasting time is when seconds, minutes and hours are passing without being converted
— Sunday Adelaja
Life is the subtotal of time
— Sunday Adelaja
Life is a totality of time
— Sunday Adelaja
Time spent wisely gets compensated
— Sunday Adelaja
Investment is the best thing to do with time
— Sunday Adelaja
Investing in yourself is the best way to utilize time
— Sunday Adelaja
You multiply your life when you invest it
— Sunday Adelaja
The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift
— Sunday Adelaja
Occupy the earth with the multiplication of yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
Use time to convert yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
Add value to yourself by exchanging your time with knowledge
— Sunday Adelaja
Use your time to gain knowledge
— Sunday Adelaja
Convert your time into useful assets
— Sunday Adelaja
Convert your time into value
— Sunday Adelaja
Use your time to create yourself
— Sunday Adelaja
Invest in yourself by discovering your gift
— Sunday Adelaja
Time is taken to derive wisdom
— Sunday Adelaja
Wisdom is the result of time well spent
— Sunday Adelaja
You can only gain the benefit of something when you invest and spend time
— Sunday Adelaja
Use time to discover who you are
— Sunday Adelaja
Joblessness gives you the resource through which you can create a new you
— Sunday Adelaja
Always convert your time into wisdom
— Sunday Adelaja
Nothing exists that is more valuable than time
— Sunday Adelaja
You can create any product from time
— Sunday Adelaja
Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.
— Fredrik Backman, Beartown
Luck, I believe, is where preparation meets opportunity.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up—to be treated like adults, to have freedom to choose. Then we get here and it turns out being an adult sucks. We pay the bills and taxes, watching others succeed while we are forever waiting for our turn. We believe we are special, but nothing special has come our way.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
Two footsteps do not make a path.
— Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu
So long as the soul of man is encased in one, two, or three body-containers, sealed tightly with the corks of ignorance and desires, he cannot merge with the sea of Spirit.
— Sri Yukteswar Swami
...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
…blissfulness is the summit of contentment…
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They never test their talents. These latent talents will only help to produce the next cycle of dropouts...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
… there is no permanence or guarantee in this life.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Obsessive love wears down both its target and the obsessor.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the best course to pursue.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
...A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of a particular group, but which in reality is for the advancement of humanism...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
...A legendary leader distinguishes himself as someone who gets ahead of his people from an impasse and futile general consensus, and then finds new grounds that constitute the base from which a unique course of his people’s destiny is charted...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people’s way of life...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories
The precious gems are hidden, it is not easy to find them.
— Kamaran Ihsan Salih, Latest Proverbs
Life as we know it is merely a dream within dreams.
— Brandon Garic Notch
Thankful another tomorrow greetsAs I drink from cup of time And prepare to lock the door behind meand leave it to others
— Richard L.  Ratliff
When you build a house You nail down memories Paint and stain the fabric of time
— Richard L.  Ratliff
Everyone has a story. It is what defines us. Our stories continue to change as we evolve in-and-out of our own skin, changing and manipulating the world around us.
— Brandon Garic  Notch
ON LIVING LIFE WISELY - To make the right choices, you have to be at peace with yourself.
— Tara Estacaan
If there was one thing I knew, it was that our demons were what shaped who we were. The things we do, the way we act, are all driven by the things we want locked away forever.
— Barbara C. Doyle, A Hard Place to Breathe
Grades are still important, but they are not the most important things. As clichéd as it is, the things you learn outside class is more important than the textbooks you blindly memorize in time for exams.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
And I still don’t know what I would do next. I still don’t know how to become an adult. But I know for sure that my parents would be proud of me, proud of their three daughters, no matter what path we choose. And it doesn’t matter if we get lost or choose the wrong path, because what matters is choosing to get back up once again.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something you have, but a wave-length you tune in to.
— Matt Padwick, Running Contra Diction
The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.
— Brandon Garic  Notch
Don’t always deprive yourself trying to please others
— Sunday Adelaja
Money is created from time
— Sunday Adelaja
Money is a compensation for time spent
— Sunday Adelaja
Everything is derived from time
— Sunday Adelaja
Joblessness gives you unlimited access to wealth
— Sunday Adelaja
Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.
— Anthea Syrokou
They always come back, but we don’t always answer.
— Dominic Riccitello
It's time to fill the void with me.
— Kimberley Eshuis
You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.
— Eleanor Brownn, Mile 9: The true story of a lifelong couch potato who one day made a decision that changed everything
Everybody has a right to their own troubles.
— Thornton Wilder, Our Town
The glory of youth is their strength.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
He who knows ignorance well shall least know understanding well
—  he who knows understanding well shall surely know and understand ignorance well
Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile
—  stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions.
Learn when to talk and when to listen. If you're unsure, listen.
— J. Kyle McNeal, Birthrights
A man who would give advice without understanding is a fool.
— J. Kyle McNeal, Birthrights
Truth will keep on telling the truthLies will lie to be more uncouthNo more rainbow after the stormNowhere to escape leaving the norm
— Munia Khan
Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..
— Nanette L. Avery
Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.
— Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
The breath of being is been able to share your bread.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In The End We Are Our Choices_nickc
— nick catricala
When one door closes, a window opens and then zombies pile in and bite you in the ass.
— Unknown
I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.
— Bertrand Russell
Here is the test of wisdom, Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the reality and immortality of things, and the excellence of things; Something there is in the float of the sight of things that provokes it out of the soul.
— Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Show the youth the consequences of their actions and why they should choose wisely
— Sunday Adelaja
Every year as you grow older it is your duty to add more years of wisdom. This wisdom may come in many ways. Use it to the best of your abilities
— Jochebed Gwamna
Solomon had a good thing going. He asked for wisdom and he got it, riches, and power. I think I'm going to ask for wisdom too.
— Jochebed Gwamna
Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.
— Agu Jaachynma N.E.
Because if works doesn't mean that it's right, once can be successfully wrong~Dad to his Son...(Psalms 37:7)
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
The wise learn from their own mistakes, the smart from others mistake, but the great learn from others people's success. What are you?
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
Not every good idea is God's perfect will for you; it may need discerning, wisdom and experience to tell the difference.
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
The mystery of the moment is indescribable.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
My past still haunts me when I sleep, although I saw that - much to my surprise- his does as well.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
But then, as I looked in the mirror, I became fixated on some hairs near my carotid artery that were still there. I pushed the blade deep against my neck to shave them off, and then blood squirted out.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the whole thing for many reasons.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
Instead of complaining, discover ways, tactics and tricks on how to reach out to people
— Sunday Adelaja
Truth was something intangible, unseen, which sometimes we stumbled upon and did not recognize, but was found, and held, and understood only by old people near their death, or sometimes by the very pure, the very young.
— Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel
Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.
— Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Survivors and prevailers are those who love themselves above failure and everything else except the abstract and mysterious.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Most of our brains are out, but it is good what they did for themselves by leaving this country. They are Cameroon’s reserve for development, for the day that this country shall be free. Your late father was an intelligent man. He was even more than that. He was a sage. He once said to me that the intelligent Bamilekés are those who have sought a better future for themselves and for their families in British Cameroons. He was right. They have not been brainwashed as much as their francophone brothers have. If he were alive today, I am sure he would have judged that the intelligent Cameroonians are those who have sought refuge out of Cameroon.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humanism.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
The good shall prevail in the end, the truth shall be the rule and the Cameroonian soul shall be free,” Hans said in an emotion-choked voice, “However, we should never lose our heads; we should always be prepared to forgive all the repentant souls.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life…By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established; And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
— King Solomon
Wisdom solves almost anything
— Sunday Adelaja
Ignorance has one virtue: persistence. It will insist through dogged persistence on leading others to follow its vision no matter how misguided. Ignorance will drive the world to the brink of failure and catastrophe and beyond into the abyss with arrogance and anger because wisdom is often too polite to fight. Wisdom doesn’t like to impose its will, but that is all ignorance understands—force over free will and choice. Sooner or later the world comes to its senses, but oh the damage that has been done.
— John   Kramer, Blythe
Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Understand the game properly before you gear up to break the rules
— Anamika Mishra
…what else do we have to ensure our sanity except our love for something beyond ourselves―our love for our families, our love for our fatherland?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Ignorance is the master key of all evils.
— Efrat Cybulkiewicz
A man who does not honor the company of his true friends will never see the light of true love.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
To have the wisdom is rarely achieved by seeking the knowledge.
— Will Advise
In addition to my new outlook on life, in some absurdly simple way, Anissa gave me several new reasons to live. Above all, I had to see her again and find out what, if anything, would happen between her and me.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
But I did feel the vertigo of death’s invitation, beckoning me towards the dark waters below. Only a newfound perspective and desire steadied my wavering soul. I came to realize, just in time, that suicide was far too easy – and obscenely cowardly – after someone I knew, not even half my age, had been through so much worse and still marched gloriously on.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
She was somehow this damaged creature I had fortuitously encountered along my path and now cared about as a result. Granted, I didn't cause her harm, as I did with Icarus, but I somehow began to feel responsible for her welfare.
— Zack Love, Anissa's Redemption
Do not forget you will never live forever.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is madness in the heart of a man.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Evil is of the devil.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The Sun, the Stars, the Seas with all other things were made by the Divine Being, God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
My grandma, Mrs Grace Ayorkor Acquah, said, "Money matters is only a matter of fancy.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is a mighty joke that is not meant to be funny.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
A woman’s love is all a man should expect from his wife. That love could be translated into so many positive things, especially if it is reciprocated.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Life is a rare fantasy that can be made a reality by being objective.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Sons, any man who is considered a success in life owes a lot to society. We have been very blessed, my dear sons. We have to show our appreciation to our society for making that possible. A time will come when you will meet other Kamerunians who share the same vision for this land. I am advising you to make them partners in our common goals when that time comes. We shouldn’t shy away from playing a formidable role in financing that political force that shall emerge. We must use our influence to ensure that it succeeds.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
...political realism is the way forward for any system that is genuinely for humanity or for the interest and advancement of the people of this world.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Even with all its positive attributes, capitalism in its imperialistic form is the most treacherous system mankind ever devised. It is driven by a selfishness that has an almost religious underlining to it.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
The vicissitude of life teaches us about our limitations in a world with no guarantees and permanence.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Men have the blood of their fathers and the passions of their mothers, in the same sense that women have the blood of their mothers and the passions of their fathers. We often find ourselves trapped in life when we fail to balance the two. The most unusual of men are those who are haunted by the warped blood of their fathers and the untamed passions of their mothers. They become either the legends of the legends that mankind remembers for generations or they end up as the fools of their time,
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Huh! Mankind always comes up with ideas to make up for the follies of the status quo. But what happens if those ideas are inflexible and fail to respond to the changing times. They end up betraying the people who believed in them.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Lies and partial truths complicate life.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man’s worst selfish instincts.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
...only the dreamers of a dream are capable of translating their dreams into worthy practical endeavors that are devoid of haunting errors. After all, they are the ones who carefully observed the link between their dreams and reality; they are the ones who worked consciously to blend them into one.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
There are times in life when we need to allow a sad memory to run its course.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the show, but they know little or nothing about the people behind the stage―the manipulators.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
...We find our greatest peace when we embrace something that gives meaning to our lives. Often, it is love for somebody or something we can give up our lives for, or somebody or something that we are sure will never betray us. That love could be for a partner, for our offspring, for a country or for a belief...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune
...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality,
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
The Romans construed Jesus Chris’s crucifixion as a defeat, but what do we have today? Christianity triumphed. Jesus Christ never betrayed himself, he never betrayed his mission and he never corrupted the ideas that God wants us to live by. The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humaneness. There is no reason to try to kill it because it will triumph ultimately.
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
I think that's what you say when you can't have something you want, isn't it? You say you don't want it in the first place.
— Jodi Lynn Anderson, Midnight at the Electric
There's nothing you can do about the past." "You're wrong. I can learn from it..." Tariq dug his heels into his stallion's flanks, and the horse shot forward, painting a dark smudge across the sand. "And I can make sure it never happens again!
— Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn
One of the first lessons I learned in working life was that you don't need to like every one of your colleagues, and they don't need to like you either. You just have to respect them, and getting their respect in return.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
Wisdom is not in having resources, it's in knowing how to use them, when to use them & if to use them.
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as you.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
Your inner voice is your signboard, follow it
— Anamika Mishra
The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.
— Angela Vallely
The danger of prolonged despair is its tendency to cloud the gift of a new beginning that every tomorrow offers. --Anissa's Redemption
— Zack Love
When good things are so low that no one wants them, I buy them and lay them away in the safe; when owing to some new development, they go up and my shares are so needed that men will pay well for them, I am ready to sell.
— Hetty Green
Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion – it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
No matter what your struggles are, everyone has their own level of greatness.
— Angela Vallely
Foolishness is not a lack of resources, it's the lack of wisdom.
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
I strive everyday to be a great parent so my kids can be better people when they move out into the world on their own.
— Angela Vallely
Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.
— Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
— Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society.
— Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We don't really change. We finally begin to live a life that is true to our values.
— Anthea Syrokou, Eventually Julie
I grew up with absolutely no religion at all, and it was probably one of the best things that happened to me. I didn't have to unlearn anything.
— Louise Hay
Look into yourself, Think about what you will need in the long run and not what you think you want now. #wisdom!
— Hopal Green
I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for ladders and start climbing.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powerful than we are. What we learn through testing ourselves on the combat zones of our eon becomes the textbook protocol for how we shall live out the remainder of our life. The glorious skirmishes and daunting conflicts that we encounter, and what we learn from vigorous engagements on the battlefield of time, inscribe the story of our lives. Spiritual leaders help guide us in our times of doubt and self-questioning. Recognizing the value of the mentorship of spiritual guides in their self-questing ventures, persons who endure immense adversity wish to reciprocate their love of humanity by sharing the scored story of their episodic journey through the corridors of time and relay the incisive truths they discovered to any other travelers with a willing ear.
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Success and accomplishments aren't the golden "good life" goals. Instead, having a good life is simple. For an old man to be happy, he just wants to watch the fireworks with his granddaughter on Chinese New Year's Eve.
— Marcella Purnama, What I Wish I Had Known
After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, he went to bed and slept the sleep of the just.
— Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
They say that perhaps it is not by love, but by blood, that land is bought. They say that perhaps my people had to die to nourish this earth with their truth. Your people did not have ears to hear. Perhaps we had to return to the earth, so that we could grow within your hearts. Perhaps we have come back and will fill the hills and valleys with our song. Who is to know?
— Kent Nerburn, Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
Pay attention to proverbs.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
People say- 'NASA lies.' I say- 'the moon knows it all. Look at the moon and forget the spinning flat world.
— Munia Khan
What are the occupations of the sage? He resigns himself to seeing, to eating, etc…., he accepts in spite of himself this “wound with nine openings,” which is what the Bhagavad-Gita calls the body.―Wisdom? To undergo with dignity the humiliation inflicted upon us by our holes.
— Emil M. Cioran
A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)
— Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Just remember that people who are known for their looks are rarely known for anything else.
— C.J. Carlyon, The Cherry House
Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.
— Melissa  Jennings, Afterlife
Free a man of the constraints that limit and inhibit his development, and you have a free human being. Freedom is the natural state of man.” He looked away from the boy for a moment and recalled his youth, his own search for self. “My boy,” he imparted with a ferocious passion that shook them both by the throat, “there is nothing negative about our human potential—do you understand me? God Himself created you the way you are. Do not let anyone in this world convince you otherwise. And you are capable of anything, my boy. There is and shall always be a disparity among the gifts God has granted men, but we all deserve equal consideration. All men, no matter how low, how basic, or how tormented, deserve compassion, dignified brotherhood, and respect.	“But part of respecting all men is respecting ourselves. Recognizing that God has blessed you. By embracing these gifts, we live as God lives, with love for all He has created—with an open heart.
— Alexandra Silber, After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by Fiddler on the Roof
All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Feeding the ego is starving the wisdom, the choice is yours.
— Efrat Cybulkiewicz
So, there’s this hornet’s nest. And there’s this long stick. And then there’s me. How I walk away from all of this will depend on whether I realize that some things go together and some things don’t no matter how hard you try.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Emotions can become habits - she said haltingly as she wiped her eyes. But habits can be changed".
— Debbie Macomber, Twenty Wishes
If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they’ll never guess that you never understood the question in the first place.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Mfalme Sulemani alikuwa mtu mwenye hekima kuliko wote ulimwenguni. Anatushauri, “Adui yako akiwa ana njaa, mpe chakula; Tena akiwa ana kiu, mpe maji ya kunywa; Maana utatia makaa ya moto kichwani pake; Na BWANA atakupa thawabu (Mithali 25:21-22). Yesu anasema jambo fulani linalofanana sana na hilo katika mafundisho Yake yaliyofuata (Mathayo 5:44-45). Kitendo cha kutukanwa, kupigwa, kushtakiwa au kulazimishwa kubeba mzigo mzito usio wa kwako kinaweza kusababisha mafutu mabaya kabisa katika asili ya binadamu. Yaani, chuki, hasira, ukatili na hata vurugu. Lakini pale wale waliobarikiwa kuwa na hekima wanapojikuta katika majaribu makubwa kama hayo tabia yao haitakiwi kuwa ya shari, inda au ya kulipiza kisasi. Bali inatakiwa kuwa ya kusaidia, kuwa na ridhaa ya kutenda mambo mema, na kuwa mwema kwa wengine siku zote.
— Enock Maregesi
Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)
— Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
It is wise to admit one's wrongs because it creates room for correction.
— Gift Gugu Mona
Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds before impact.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
If they had learned anything together, it was that wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.
— Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
Seeing your own smallness is called insightHonoring your own tenderness is called strength
— Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching
Devote time wisely to discover your true self
— Sunday Adelaja
Release your Mind and go outside the box.Explore things that you may be afraid of.Experience life that you are not aware of.You will then know what you have never known before.You will be a new person with each new experience
— Levon Peter Poe
A lot of the situations that we put ourselves in are similar to a cat in a yard full of dogs. We rarely ask ourselves how we got here, (which doesn’t help with the question of how we get out of here), all of which rarely keeps us from finding ourselves in the next yard asking the same questions.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
You can resolve any situation with wisdom
— Sunday Adelaja
Mindfulness and compassion can give you the power, illumination, love, and wisdom to draw higher forms, thoughts, feelings, and situations into your life.
— Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion
Arise, my friend – the world is wailing for kindness – it is wailing for compassion – it is wailing for love.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
Knowing what to do with time is the first step to take when you lose your job
— Sunday Adelaja
To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time
— Sunday Adelaja
Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.
— Donna Goddard, Waldmeer
The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.
— Donna Goddard, Waldmeer
Wisdom is not a mysterious universe where your mind enters but it is a mysterious universe which enters your mind!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
I will always appreciate those who made me go through rough times because without those, I wouldn't have the wisdom and power that lies within me now.
— Gift Gugu Mona
You need to use the instrument that the people desire to captivate them back to things that are right
— Sunday Adelaja
There is nothing to fearFrom your reflection
— Richard L.  Ratliff
To fully communicate with people, you need to find tactics that would interest them
— Sunday Adelaja
Never be afraid of opportunities, always be on the lookout for adventures.
— Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
True Love is when you are able to see yourself in another, when you recognize that there is no separation between you and any other Being in the Universe.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything in the dream was really you? Well this is how many mystics describe the nature of our reality, as a dream in which we think we are individual personalities existing in the physical universe. But eventually, like in all dreams, we will wake up. Except in this dream we do not wake up to realize we are still in the world, we awake from the world to realize that we are God.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as Phi—known as the Golden Ratio or Golden Mean—was used in the constructions of their sculptures and architecture.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality—you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with infinite potential. You are existence itself.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
In Advaita Vedanta, and in many other ancient wisdom traditions, the world is said to be an illusion. This illusion is commonly referred to as maya, a Sanskrit name which refers to the apparent, or objective reality which is superimposed on the ultimate reality in order to generate the phenomena of what we call the material world. Maya is the magic by which we create duality—by which we create two worlds from one. This creation is an illusory creation—it is not real—it is an imaginary manifestation of the one Universal Consciousness, appearing as all of the various phenomena in objective reality. Maya is God’s, or Consciousness’s, creative power of emptying or reflecting itself into all things and thus creating all things—the power of subjectivity to take on objective appearance.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
People are a soul-ego-spacesuit.
— Stefan Emunds, A Modern Crash Course in Spirituality
Examples of fractals are everywhere in nature. They can be found in the patterns of trees, branches, and ferns, in which each part appears to be a smaller image of the whole. They are found in the branch-like patterns of river systems, lightning, and blood vessels. They can be seen in snowflakes, seashells, crystals, and mountain ranges. We can even see the holographic and fractal-like nature of reality in the structure of the Universe itself, as the clusters of galaxies and dark matter resemble the neurons in our brain, the mycelium network of fungi, as well as the network of the man-made Internet.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
When we perceive the stars, the stars are the object of our perception—they exist within us. When we perceive the ocean, the ocean is also within us. The idea that things exist outside of our Consciousness is an illusion. Ancient wisdom traditions have known this for centuries, and even modern science has recognized that our sense organs merely receive information and project it within our own minds. Vision does not take place in the eye, but in an area located in the back of the brain. Everything that we perceive to be “out there” is being experienced “in here.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
We are only able to disrespect, mistreat, and harm one another when we forget that the other person is us; when we only see the objects of form, and not the subjective Consciousness that lies within. Lust, greed, violence, selfishness—all arise from perceiving others in terms of their individual differences, seeing them only as bodies, and what we can get from them as bodies, rather than acknowledging the Being that lies within the body.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Negative means separating energies, while positive means unifying energies. It’s not about being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – energy is quite neutral, actually… one just feels better. Simply imagine that being negative creates distance between the hearts of two people, while being positive brings them closer together.
— Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace
Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by the worldview of Newtonian physics, which asserts that reality is objective—that there is a material universe existing outside of our experience. But this isn’t true; there is no material universe outside of you; the Universe takes form through you.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Everything exists as information in a field of infinite possibilities, and it is our Consciousness that renders the information and causes it to appear as the material world.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
You are not a small and unimportant creature confined to the form of this physical body, contrary to popular belief. At the core of your being you are pure awareness, and this awareness is the same source from which everything in the Universe arises, exists as, and returns to. Consciousness is the dimension of yourself that you have forgotten you are, and of which you long to return to.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Jehovah, the Christian name for God derived from the Hebrew Yahweh, (from the letters YHWH), is translated as "I AM." YOU ARE the essence of life—the Cosmic Consciousness that creates, lives in, and destroys all things. In Buddhism, your true nature is referred to as your “Buddha Nature.” Muslims refer to it as Allah, Native tribes have often called it the Great Spirit, Taoists refer to it as the Tao, and numerous other cultures throughout history have all created their own distinctive names for it. But the one eternal reality that these cultures point to remains the same—and this reality is YOU.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Subject and object are not separate—so-called objective reality is projected by our subjective Consciousness.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
The world exists because your mind exists. If your mind didn’t exist, there would be no world. As you look at these words, you see them in what appears to be a reality outside of you. What you are really seeing is the image that your mind is creating from the electrical signals being sent to your brain. While they may appear to be outside of you, this is an illusion, they exist within your own mind, and are being projected to appear as if they are outside of you. This apparent reality that is projected by our minds, is maya, and to believe that maya is the ultimate reality is a result of ignorance, or avidya in Sanskrit.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
God is the ultimate ground of Being, and this ultimate ground of Being is YOU. For one who realizes their true nature as God, as Consciousness, life becomes a joy without end.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
If you want to conquer fear then you have to put fear on your fears.
— Kwaku Owusu Jnr
If you don't go through the shaking, you shall never be ready for the making.
— Kwaku Owusu Jnr
Each young person is a poet of sorts, trying to sort out the poetics of their inner life and its relation to the great world around it. Each elder is a philosopher of sorts, trying to sort out the meanings and gleanings of a life as well as the necessary implications of the presence of death.
— Michael Meade, The Genius Myth
It’s true that many overly negative people actually fear letting go of their negativity, and it’s because it has become a part of their identity. If this is the case, make it a smoother transition by releasing and replacing one negative opinion at a time. It certainly is an identity shift, but it’s one that brings greater fulfillment and life satisfaction.
— Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace
Hijo de tigre, no siempre sale pintado. Siempre ahi esa excepción.
— Efrat Cybulkiewicz
In a bull market, everyone becomes an expert! In a bear market, everyone becomes wise!
— Amit Trivedi, Riding The Roller Coaster: Lessons from financial market cycles we repeatedly forget
To make your Opinion Count,you have to do something morethan just making Money.
— Vineet Raj Kapoor
Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
When we see one another as different aspects of ourselves—as ourselves experiencing a different situation and circumstance—we develop a love, a connection, and a unity that allows us to see beyond the various forms, as well as the various ways that someone may act out when they have forgotten their connection and their formless nature. If you look at another in this light, you will see a Being that is just like you, looking back at you
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
The more we humanize the society, the more we will become humans.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
What is the point of being humans, if our actions scream with more bestiality than humanity!
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes.
— Abhijit Naskar, Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
We are like waves in the ocean, each with a unique character and quality on the surface, but deep down we are eternally connected to one another and to the ocean as a whole. If you practice looking beyond the surface of appearances, you will begin to see the true Being that lies within each form. You will see your Consciousness looking through the eyes of another, and it is when you see yourself in another that you cannot help but develop compassion for them; because in Truth, there is no “them,” there is only YOU, experiencing yourself from an inconceivable amount of perspectives.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all things within it, or as some Christian mystics state, “God is Nothing; He is Utterly Other; He is the VOID.
— Joseph P. Kauffman
We often try to force the experience we want to have, instead of allowing the experience we were meant to have, and in doing this, we miss out on gaining any new insight or understanding.
— Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
Heshima hujengwa kwa hekima, haijengwi kwa misuli.
— Enock Maregesi