Saturday, December 10, 2011

Popular wisdom

Collected from a wide variety of sources.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see - Henry David Thoreau.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing? - John Lennon.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish - Michelangelo.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth - Marcus Aurelius.

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company - Mark Twain.

If you can't love yourself you won't be able to love others - the Dalai Lama.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies - Nelson Mandela.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance - Confucius.


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