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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. (Carl Jung)
If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God. View quote
John Chrysostom
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel. View quote
Look forward - with hope, back - with gratitude, up - with prayer, down - with repentance, inward - with attention. And around - with love. View quote
No one knows when we are saying goodbye for the last time. So cherish every moment. View quote
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. View quote
Epictetus
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. View quote
Voltaire
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. View quote
Alvin Toffler
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. View quote
Euripides
In a well-governed country, speak boldly and act boldly. In a country where lawlessness prevails, let your actions be bold but your speech tactful. View quote
Confucius
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. (Seneca)
When angry, count ten before you speak if very angry, count a hundred. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
Warfare is the way of deception. View quote
Sun Tzu
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. View quote
Socrates
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. View quote
Laozi
Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. View quote
Albert Einstein
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. View quote
Seneca
Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings. View quote
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. (Dale Carnegie)
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. View quote
George Orwell
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. View quote
Richard Bach
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. View quote
Carl Jung
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. View quote
Marcus Aurelius