Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. We can know only that we know nothing, and that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Love those you hate. If you want to improve your soul, you should be ready to sacrifice it. Have more than you show, speak less than you know. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. You must have the devil in you to succeed in any of the arts. Change your opinions, keep to your principles. Change your leaves, keep intact your roots. If you think you are right all the time, you don't learn anything from life.
I am thankful to all those people who have not helped me today. Thanks to them, I have done everything myself. The most important thing in life is experience. You only get it from mistakes. A step back from the wrong path is a start in the right direction. The real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
If you love me as you say you do, make it so that I am at peace. Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God. Be bad, but at least don't be a liar or a deceiver. Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul and see the growth of goodness in your life. If nobody hates you, you're doing something wrong. It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. The true strength of a man is his calmness. Wise people are not always silent, but they know when to be.
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones, because regret is stronger than gratitude. The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved. That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. When you love someone, you love the person as they are and not as you'd like them to be. If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude or change your job.
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. The most important time is now. Read less, study less, and think more. It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no war. Anything is better than lies and deceit. All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. If then I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which one considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, one should simply say, in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen, you may learn something new. People don't care for you when you are alone, they just care for you when they are alone. Tough times always teach you valuable lessons.
There is no change where there is no action. Don't share your weakness with anyone, you never know who is going to use it against you. Never lie to someone who trusts you, and never trust someone who lies.
Don't compare yourself with anyone, if you are doing this, you are insulting yourself. If you don't have any shadow, you're not in the light. If you want to fly with the Eagles, you have to stop swimming with the Ducks.
Your children will follow your example, not your advice. The art of being happy is to be satisfied with what you have. Stop worrying about people who are not worried about you.
Never regret anything that has happened in your life, it cannot be changed, undone or forgotten, so take it as a lesson, learn and move on. Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.
The best way to deal with people who want to see you sad is to make them look even more successful and always smile and ignore them. This is the best revenge against those who want to see you unhappy. Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
The best thing about the worst time of your life is that you get to see the true colors of everyone you cared for the most. The most dangerous anger is built in someone who has a good heart.
Part 1/9:
Everyone Thinks of Changing the World
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. We can know only that we know nothing, and that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Love those you hate. If you want to improve your soul, you should be ready to sacrifice it. Have more than you show, speak less than you know. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Part 2/9:
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. You must have the devil in you to succeed in any of the arts. Change your opinions, keep to your principles. Change your leaves, keep intact your roots. If you think you are right all the time, you don't learn anything from life.
I am thankful to all those people who have not helped me today. Thanks to them, I have done everything myself. The most important thing in life is experience. You only get it from mistakes. A step back from the wrong path is a start in the right direction. The real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Part 3/9:
If you love me as you say you do, make it so that I am at peace. Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God. Be bad, but at least don't be a liar or a deceiver. Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul and see the growth of goodness in your life. If nobody hates you, you're doing something wrong. It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
Part 4/9:
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. The true strength of a man is his calmness. Wise people are not always silent, but they know when to be.
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones, because regret is stronger than gratitude. The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Part 5/9:
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved. That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. When you love someone, you love the person as they are and not as you'd like them to be. If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude or change your job.
Part 6/9:
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. The most important time is now. Read less, study less, and think more. It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no war. Anything is better than lies and deceit. All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Part 7/9:
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. If then I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which one considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, one should simply say, in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen, you may learn something new. People don't care for you when you are alone, they just care for you when they are alone. Tough times always teach you valuable lessons.
There is no change where there is no action. Don't share your weakness with anyone, you never know who is going to use it against you. Never lie to someone who trusts you, and never trust someone who lies.
Part 8/9:
Don't compare yourself with anyone, if you are doing this, you are insulting yourself. If you don't have any shadow, you're not in the light. If you want to fly with the Eagles, you have to stop swimming with the Ducks.
Your children will follow your example, not your advice. The art of being happy is to be satisfied with what you have. Stop worrying about people who are not worried about you.
Never regret anything that has happened in your life, it cannot be changed, undone or forgotten, so take it as a lesson, learn and move on. Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.
Part 9/9:
The best way to deal with people who want to see you sad is to make them look even more successful and always smile and ignore them. This is the best revenge against those who want to see you unhappy. Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
The best thing about the worst time of your life is that you get to see the true colors of everyone you cared for the most. The most dangerous anger is built in someone who has a good heart.