English quotes

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“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”

“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.”

“Where there is love there is life.”

“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.”

“A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”

“I think and that is all that I am.”

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”

“When people are like each other they tend to like each other.”

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

“Commitment is an act, not a word.”

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”

“America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.”

“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”

“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”

“Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.”

“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.”

“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”

“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”

“To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.”

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.”

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”

“Knowledge has three degrees: opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.”

“There is nothing permanent except change.”

“All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.”

“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”

“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”

“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.”

“Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”

“Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.”

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”

“Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.”

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

“True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.”

“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.”

“Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.”

“Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”

“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

“There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.”

“Our distrust is very expensive.”

“It is difficult to achieve a spirit of genuine cooperation as long as people remain indifferent to the feelings and happiness of others.”

“To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.”

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”

“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.”

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”

“I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.”

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.”

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”

“Skill to do comes of doing.”

“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.”

“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.”

“I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.”

“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”

“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”

“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”

“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”

“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”

“You only lose what you cling to.”

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”

“The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.”

“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.”

“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

“The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.”

“Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.”

“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

“If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.”

“All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.”

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.”

“Each day provides its own gifts.”

“I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.”

“All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.”

“I allow my intuition to lead my path.”

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

“The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.”

“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”

“Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.”

“Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.”

“Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.”

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.”

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”