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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.
In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back.
The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way.
actions speak louder than words
Wisdom grows in quiet places.
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it's the right choice.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.
A small act is worth a million thoughts.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
