NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 1579

 

• ·      Choose curiosity over judgment. —Brooke

  ·      We don't need more strength or ability or opportunity. What we need is to use what we have. -Basil S. Walsh 

  ·      Impermanent truly are compound things, by nature arising and passing away. If they arise and are extinguished, their eradication brings happiness.

  ·      “In a day and generation when a man was not supposed to salute even his own wife in a public place, Jesus dared to take women along as teachers of the gospel in connection with his third tour of Galilee.”

  ·      As a mountain of rock is unshaken by wind, so also, the wise are unperturbed by blame or by praise. - The Dhammapada

  ·      “[Those] who prefer optimistic illusions to reality can never become wise. Only those who face facts and adjust them to ideals can achieve wisdom.”

  ·      To live a good life: We have the potential for it. If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference. - Marcus Aurelius

  ·      “I’ve discovered there are only two modes of the heart. We can struggle, or we can surrender. Surrender is a frightening word for some people, because it might be interpreted as passivity, or timidity.  Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. Getting old, getting sick, dying, losing what is dear to us, is beyond our control. I can either be frightened of life and mad at life—or not. I can be disappointed and still not be mad. Stopping being mad—when I can—translates, for me as being compassionate, to myself as well as to other people.”