Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
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You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Love is a great beautifier.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Non !
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are made.
From now on you will never be alone, even when we are separated, and even when death itself parts us, I shall remain with you.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
My friends are my estate.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore !
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
First rule of fight club is, you do not talk about fight Club.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
A healthy outside starts from the inside
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Bitterness imprisons life, love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life, love empowers it. Bitterness sours life, love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life, love heals it. Bitterness blinds life, love anoints it's eyes.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Love is letting go of fear.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
They're called boobs, Ed.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Sanctuary !
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Mac, you ever been in love ?
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
To live is like to love, all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
There is no education like adversity.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
He who hesitates is lost.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for god the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
There is only one terminal dignity, love. And the story of a love is not important, what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.