“Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To wonder what so-and-so is doing and why, or what he is saying, or thinking, or scheming -- in a word, anything that distracts you from fidelity to the ruler within you -- means a loss of opportunity for some other task.”
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Wise Quotes — page 43 of 916
“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”
“I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.”
“Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.”
“Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.”
“Only do what your heart tells you.”
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”
“If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self.”
“It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.”
“Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
“I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means.”
“Kashmir is the real test of secularism in India.”
“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
“Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth”
“The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.”
“The improvement of the understanding is for two ends; first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others.”
“Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.”
“I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.”
“At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”