“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
-Frederick Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, “Maxims and Missiles,” #12
“Hat man sein Warum des Lebens, so verträgt man sich fast mit jedem Wie.”
-Frederick Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung, “Sprüche und Pfeile,” #12
“Is just amazing how accumulative every choice is -good and bad… Nothing shows up right away, except maybe constipation…”
–The Real Mom, 1/19/23
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than be false, and incur my own abhorrence.”
–Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, p 31
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
-The Internet, although often attributed to Benjamin Franklin or Confucius.
Quote Investigator is fairly certain original credit goes to Xunzi (Xun Kuang), a Confucian philosopher who lived in the third century B.C.E., with the quote:
“Not having heard of it is not as good as having heard of it. Having heard of it is not as good as having seen it. Having seen it is not as good as knowing it. Knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice. Learning arrives at putting it into practice and then stops . . .”
-Xunzi, Xunzi: The Complete Text, chapter 8: “The Achievements of the Ru” (translated by Eric L. Hutton, Princeton University Press, 2014.)
“You get into a groove and if you stay too long it’s a rut, then it’s a trench, then it’s a tunnel. Just keep turning your head and looking around.”
-Carol Siegler, SuperAger
“Surround yourself with those who see your true beauty. Surround yourself with people who are part of your purpose. People who can see greatness rising within you even when you can’t.”
-Not the best grammar, but probably Anonymous
“…I will not say the doctrine I have always taught, but the doctrine I should always have liked to teach. That is the idea of taking things with gratitude, and not taking things for granted.”
Also sometimes quoted as, “When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
“I’m not sure it even matters what the artist thought they wanted when they sat down to create the work. The art itself seems to want something, to make a change in the world. And the ability to create art like that belongs to each of us.”
“Often when we feel we deserve love the least is exactly when we need it from ourself the most.”
“Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change.”
-Hate to say it, but this seems to be Anonymous
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