Life is granted to no man on a permanent basis. It is a privilege, and we must use out time wisely. It is up to each of us to make of it what we can.
MifuneStichwörter: wisdom life inspiration
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Arthur SchopenhauerStichwörter: wisdom life philosophy death
Humble people know their limitations: they know what they know, and they know what they do not know; they know what they can do or be, and they know what they cannot do or be
John AdairStichwörter: wisdom inspiration religion leaderships
Wouldn't it be nice, for once, to find a world which was at peace with itself. No matter how always those few wanted more than others. Those not satisfied with running their own lives but wishing to have power over the lives of the others. Greedy people. Greedy for wealth, or power or both.
Garry KilworthStichwörter: wisdom inspirational power peace war greed
What was needed, was not merely a resolute man, but a man who was also free from the net of legal controls. Such being the circumstances, Quinctius declared that he would nominate Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus as Dictator, convinced that in him were courage and resolution equal to the majestic authority of that office. The proposal was unanimously approved, but Cincinnatus, hesitating to accept the burden of responsibility, asked what the Senate was thinking of to wish to expose an old man like him to what must prove the sternest of struggles; but hesitation was in vain, for when from every corner of the House came the cry that in that aged heart lay more wisdom - yes, and courage too - than in all the rest put together, and when praises, well deserved, were heaped upon him and the consul refused to budge an inch from his purpose, Cincinnatus gave way and, with a prayer to God to save his old age from bringing loss or dishonor upon his country in her trouble, was named Dictator by the consul.
LivyStichwörter: wisdom history old-age political-science
God is Infinite Wisdom, and Power, and Goodness - and LOVE; but if this idea is too vast for your human faculties - if your mind loses itself in its overwhelming infinitude, fix it on Him who condescended to take our nature upon Him, who was raised to Heaven even in His glorified human body, in whom the fulness of the Godhead shines.
Anne BrontëStichwörter: wisdom love power god goodness jesus-christ
Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.
Robert A.F. ThurmanStichwörter: wisdom buddhism self-help anger
In the practice of exchanging self
Robert A.F. ThurmanStichwörter: wisdom buddhism anger meditation
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness
Sharon SalzbergStichwörter: wisdom buddhism compassion healing
Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
Sharon SalzbergStichwörter: wisdom buddhism economics
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