Wisdom
"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, and philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." – Kahlil Gibran
"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand." – Baruch Spinoza
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose." – Elizabeth Kuebler-Ross
"My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyway." - Mary Kay Ash
"There are old mushroom gatherers and there are bold mushroom gatherers, but there are no old bold mushroom gatherers." - Kevin Reeve
"A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events." - Robert A. Heinlein
"’He [Gollum] is as bad as an Orc…he deserves death.’ ‘Deserve it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.’" Tolkien (Frodo and Gandalf)
"The treacherous are ever distrustful." – Tolkien (Gandalf)
"Strange are the turns of fortune. Often does hatred hurt itself!" – Tolkien (Gandalf)
"The burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart!" – Tolkien (Gandalf)
"It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, so that others may keep them." – Tolkien (Frodo)
"Well here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil." – Tolkien (Gandalf)
"In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me. Each moment, taken alone, was always bearable. In the exact now, we are all, always, all right. Yesterday the marriage may have ended. Tomorrow the cat may die. The phone call from the lover, for all my waiting, may not ever come, but just at the moment, just now, that’s all right. I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty..." – Julia Cameron
"To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive information with. With our own eyes we see, andwith our skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself." – Sophy Burnham
"Stop thinking and talking about it and there is nothing you will not be able to know." – Zen saying
"Little kids don’t know the answers. They don’t even know the questions! All they know is they’re happy with who they are and where they are."
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