Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

If you can’t write clearly →

Published December 31, 2018  ·  All posts on Dec 31  ·  

If you can’t write clearly, you probably don’t think nearly as well as you think you do.

~ Kurt Vonnegut

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Neutral →

Published December 16, 2018  ·  All posts on Dec 16  ·  

Neutral is a state where you are not jumping ahead too quickly or moving too slowly. Neutral does not mean being inactive, complacent, or passive. It’s about a calm poise that allows for new information and new possibilities to emerge before taking further action. When in neutral you actually increase your sensitivity and intuitive intelligence. Neutral is fertile ground for new possibilities to grow from.

~ Doc Childre

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Willpower →

Published November 26, 2018  ·  All posts on Nov 26  ·  

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

~ Vince Lombardi

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Perspective →

Published November 20, 2018  ·  All posts on Nov 20  ·  ,

“The appearance of the bull changes when you enter the ring.” The matador’s point of view is different from the spectator’s.

~ Mexican proverb

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Level of consciousness →

Published November 16, 2018  ·  All posts on Nov 16  ·  

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

~ Albert Einstein

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Realize you do not understand →

Published November 6, 2018  ·  All posts on Nov 6  ·  

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

~ Lao Tzu

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Living virtuously →

Published October 27, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 27  ·  ,

Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do.
Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you.
Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

~ Marcus Aurelius

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Then do patriots flourish →

Published October 17, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 17  ·  

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

~ Lao Tzu

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Heart →

Published October 12, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 12  ·  ,

Before you embark on any path ask the question, does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it and then you must choose another path. The trouble is that nobody asks the question. And when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart the path is ready to kill him.

~ Carlos Castaneda

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I must die →

Published October 7, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 7  ·  

I must die. If instantly, I will die instantly; If in a short time, I will dine first, since the hour for dining is here, and when the time comes, then I will die. How? As becomes a person who is giving back what is not his own.

~ Epictetus

Elsewhere, this is 4a165. — slipbox