Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.
~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando
...only the dreamers of a dream are capable of translating their dreams into worthy practical endeavors that are devoid of haunting errors. After all, they are the ones who carefully observed the link between their dreams and reality; they are the ones who worked consciously to blend them into one.
There are times in life when we need to allow a sad memory to run its course.
A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.
It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.
The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the show, but they know little or nothing about the people behind the stage―the manipulators.
...We find our greatest peace when we embrace something that gives meaning to our lives. Often, it is love for somebody or something we can give up our lives for, or somebody or something that we are sure will never betray us. That love could be for a partner, for our offspring, for a country or for a belief...
...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger.
Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality
The Romans construed Jesus Chris’s crucifixion as a defeat, but what do we have today? Christianity triumphed. Jesus Christ never betrayed himself, he never betrayed his mission and he never corrupted the ideas that God wants us to live by. The Cameroonian soul is genuine. It is noble, and it embodies humaneness. There is no reason to try to kill it because it will triumph ultimately.
I think that's what you say when you can't have something you want, isn't it? You say you don't want it in the first place.
~ Jodi Lynn Anderson
There's nothing you can do about the past. You're wrong. I can learn from it... Tariq dug his heels into his stallion's flanks, and the horse shot forward, painting a dark smudge across the sand. And I can make sure it never happens again!
~ Renee Ahdieh
One of the first lessons I learned in working life was that you don't need to like every one of your colleagues, and they don't need to like you either. You just have to respect them, and getting their respect in return.
~ Marcella Purnama
Wisdom is not in having resources, it's in knowing how to use them, when to use them & if to use them.
~ Temitope Ibrahim
The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as you.
Your inner voice is your signboard, follow it
~ Anamika Mishra
The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.
~ Angela Vallely
When good things are so low that no one wants them, I buy them and lay them away in the safe; when owing to some new development, they go up and my shares are so needed that men will pay well for them, I am ready to sell.
~ Hetty Green
Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion – it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today.
~ Abhijit Naskar
No matter what your struggles are, everyone has their own level of greatness.
Foolishness is not a lack of resources, it's the lack of wisdom.
I strive everyday to be a great parent so my kids can be better people when they move out into the world on their own.
Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.
~ Harper Lee
Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society.
Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.
~ Richelle E. Goodrich
Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We don't really change. We finally begin to live a life that is true to our values.
~ Anthea Syrokou
I grew up with absolutely no religion at all, and it was probably one of the best things that happened to me. I didn't have to unlearn anything.
~ Louise Hay
Look into yourself, Think about what you will need in the long run and not what you think you want now. #wisdom!
~ Hopal Green
I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for ladders and start climbing.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powerful than we are. What we learn through testing ourselves on the combat zones of our eon becomes the textbook protocol for how we shall live out the remainder of our life. The glorious skirmishes and daunting conflicts that we encounter, and what we learn from vigorous engagements on the battlefield of time, inscribe the story of our lives. Spiritual leaders help guide us in our times of doubt and self-questioning. Recognizing the value of the mentorship of spiritual guides in their self-questing ventures, persons who endure immense adversity wish to reciprocate their love of humanity by sharing the scored story of their episodic journey through the corridors of time and relay the incisive truths they discovered to any other travelers with a willing ear.
~ Kilroy J. Oldster
Success and accomplishments aren't the golden good life goals. Instead, having a good life is simple. For an old man to be happy, he just wants to watch the fireworks with his granddaughter on Chinese New Year's Eve.
After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, he went to bed and slept the sleep of the just.
~ Alexandre Dumas
They say that perhaps it is not by love, but by blood, that land is bought. They say that perhaps my people had to die to nourish this earth with their truth. Your people did not have ears to hear. Perhaps we had to return to the earth, so that we could grow within your hearts. Perhaps we have come back and will fill the hills and valleys with our song. Who is to know?
~ Kent Nerburn
Pay attention to proverbs.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
People say- 'NASA lies.' I say- 'the moon knows it all. Look at the moon and forget the spinning flat world.
~ Munia Khan
A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)
~ Idries Shah
Just remember that people who are known for their looks are rarely known for anything else.
~ C.j. Carlyon
Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.
~ Melissa Jennings
