Random Quotes
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The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate we ask ourselves, Are these words true? If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate we ask, Are they necessary? At the last gate we ask, Are they kind?Eknath Easwaran
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?Epictetus, Discourses
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.Albert Camus
Men go abroad to wonder the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.St. Augustine
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.Pablo Picasso
He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it.F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.Michael Burke
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.Albert Schweitzer
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.Edmund Burke
Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.Lady Bird Johnson