NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 471

 

• ·       "Virtue is volitional with personality; righteousness is not automatic in freewill creatures."

  ·       “May all beings be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and freedom for all.” 

  ·       An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. - Lao-tzu

  ·       “I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” — Audrey Hepburn

  ·       "Association with one's fellows is essential to the renewal of the zest for life and is indispensable to the maintenance of the courage to fight those battles consequent upon the ascent to the higher levels of human living."

  ·       You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. - Beverly Sills

  ·       “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” — Yiddish Proverb

  ·       "Primitive religion prepared the soil of the human mind, by the powerful and awesome force of false fear, for the bestowal of a bona fide spiritual force of supernatural origin, the Thought Adjuster"

  ·       Patriotism . . . applies to true love of one's country and a code of conduct that echoes such love. - Howard Fast

  ·       “To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.” — Reba McEntire

  ·       "That characteristic of Jesus which James most admired was the Master's sympathetic affection. Jesus' understanding interest in the small and the great, the rich and the poor, made a great appeal to him." 

  ·       Humility doesn't allow people to walk all over me. - James Baldwin