Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
—Elizabeth Goudge[……]
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thin[……]
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson[……]
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
—Abigail Adams[……]
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel[……]
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.
—Lord Chesterfield[……]
A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it’s a whisper.
—Barry Neil Kaufman[……]
In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.
—Mark Twain[……]