NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 875

 

• ·       “The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” ~ Pema Chödrön

  ·       What matters most is not what our obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure. - Ryan Holiday
  
  Thought: You don't control what happens to you. In fact, you control almost nothing in your life. So what can you do? 1) Accept 2) Stay calm 3) Do the work 

  ·       "All ... difficult and more or less mysterious situations always work out for the welfare and progress of the universes. It may be that the circumstances of existence and the inexplicable vicissitudes of living are all interwoven into a meaningful pattern of high value by the function of the Supreme and the over-control of the Trinity.”

  ·       A weak reaction is to rush things. A wise reaction is to go slow and steady. - Maxime Lagacé

  ·       "Science is engaged in the agelong contest between truth and error while it fights for deliverance from the bondage of abstraction, the slavery of mathematics, and the relative blindness of mechanistic materialism.” 

  ·       The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. - Albert Einstein

  Question: Are you following the crowd? Or are you creating your own path?