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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.
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.
wisdom verbs
The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
wisdom flower suffering
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.
wisdom children keeping-secrets
No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
wisdom men animal
The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
attitude victim masters
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change. Brian Tracy
attitude austrian-psychologist choose freedoms given human last man taken woman
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor E. Frankl
attitude choice choose freedom given human last man taken
Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
attitude winning law
Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in a nominee to replace Justice David Souter. He wants 'someone who understands justice is not just about some abstract legal theory,' he said, but someone who has 'empathy.' In other words, judges should decide cases so that the right people win, not according to the rule of law. Michael Barone
attitude home figure-skating
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. Seamus Heaney
attitude cheer views
My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'. Sean Connery
attitude heart night questioned took tough
I think so. Me, personally, I did, because you never want to be questioned by your owner. You never want your attitude questioned, your heart questioned, so I did. I took it a little personally, and I just wanted to play tough all night and get to the basket. Milt Palacio
attitude guess stick territory unfamiliar
I guess we have the attitude that we're in unfamiliar territory and we have no one but ourselves, so we stick together. Mike James
attitude stay-positive approach
Our attitude determines our approach to life. John C. Maxwell
bother brings everybody jobs
If it brings more jobs to town, it's alright. It doesn't bother me any. Everybody will get used to it.