life-lessons-quotations

If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.

Know yourself as you are _ particles of start-dust moving through the eternal ocean of time, trying to make whatever little difference you can.

There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause. And it is all because people never attempt to reach the fountain-head. They are content only to comply with the customs of their forefathers, and want others to do the same.

If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go.

Life is fleeting we must master it in the present.

Be pure, live a conscientious life, defend your dignity and be loving to others.

There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.

A flower__ beauty is birthed in a seed__ ugly struggles.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

Know the One - the Self, and you'll know the All.

If you cheat on reason with emotion you will go bankrupt.

But I knew a lot more than that; I knew exactly what sort of man he was in his old age, so it wasn't hard to guess what he must have been like as a young man--for a man's character doesn't change after he's thirty. It only becomes more firmly set, and is more deeply marked in his features.

The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.

There is no greater beast than envy, no greater thief than fear, no greater enemy than greed, no greater predator than wrath, and no greater poison than bitterness.

You cannot lead an enemy to Heaven, but you can lead a friend even to Hell.

What others think of you doesn't matter as much as what you think of yourself.

Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.