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wisdom true-life life-is
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full. Thomas Merton
wisdom prayer inspired
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him. Thomas Merton
wisdom culture study
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. Raymond Queneau
wisdom men effort
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius... Victor Hugo
wisdom hands monsters
We are in the hands of those gods, those monsters, those giants: our thoughts. Victor Hugo
wisdom verbs
The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God. Victor Hugo
wisdom flower suffering
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. Victor Hugo
wisdom children keeping-secrets
No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child. Victor Hugo
wisdom men animal
The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo
mistake kissing kissing-someone
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake. Barbara Mertz
mistake years mad
When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself. Lucille Ball
mistake creative may
While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough. John Cleese
mistake army navy
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. Napoleon Bonaparte
mistake president next
I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President. Nelson Mandela
mistake reading missing
Many who read their Bibles make the great mistake of confining all their reading to certain portions of the Bible which they enjoy. In this way they get no knowledge of the Bible as a whole. They miss altogether many of the most important phases of Bible truth. R. A. Torrey
mistake people care
Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you. Sebastian Vettel
mistake book creating
Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can. Les Brown
mistake practice dry
I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave. Larry McMurtry
perspective
Always keep things in perspective. Angie Martinez
perspective
From our perspective it would be a positive. Brian Smith