NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 470

 

• ·       “Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.” — Les Brown

  ·       “Thoughts in the mind are like waves in the ocean: you can never fully stop them from arising.” ~ Zen master Shunryu Suzuki

  ·       “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and then they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting room for all of this to happen.” ~ Pema Chödrön

  ·       "Work with the soil is not a curse; rather is it the highest blessing to all who are thus permitted to enjoy the most human of all human activities."

  ·       Education is the key to prosperity. -Thomas Edison

  ·       “Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.” — Stephen R. Covey

  ·       "The Master usually prayed in the plural, not in the singular. Only in the great crises of his earth life did Jesus ever pray for himself."

  ·       "The fault is in us." - Hannah Arendt

  ·       “Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.” — Michael Josephson

  ·       "The frank, honest, and fearless search for true causes gave birth to modern science: It turned astrology into astronomy, alchemy into chemistry, and magic into medicine."

  ·       "The human desire to travel and observe new peoples and worlds will be fully gratified during the long and eventful climb to Paradise through the local, super-, and central universes."

  ·       The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom. - Arthur Schopenhauer