“Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 147
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.”
“What real Hinduism may be is a matter for each individual Hindu to decide.”
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
“The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.”
“Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing.”
“I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.”
“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”
“Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.”
“Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with.”
“Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.”
“Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.”
“The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so.”