“The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.”
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Wise Quotes — page 47 of 916
“Life is a refining process. Our response to it determines whether we'll be ground down or polished up. On a piano, one person sits down and plays sonatas, while another merely bangs away at "Chopsticks." The piano is not responsible. It's how you touch the keys that makes the difference. It's how you play what life gives you that determines your joy and shine.”
“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
“I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call "policing the area." That's where you looked around and if there's anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that's a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won't have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.”
“We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.”
“Live your life by a compass, not a clock.”
“JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever”
“That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”
“Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.”
“Certitude is not the test of certainty.”
“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.”
“Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.”
“The secret of success is to understand the viewpoint of others.”
“Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.”
“Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure.”
“The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.”