If man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
- Topic: Awareness, Life
- Location: Lake Tahoe
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Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means—either may do—the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
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Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.
Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.
Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
For all men strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
In all Chaos there is a Cosmos, In all Disorder a secret Order.
There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.
No all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.