Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 66
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.”
“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death.”
“Thinking ill of others is not in itself a good reason for thinking well of ourselves.”
“The dogmatist forgets the difficulty, the skeptic denies the possibility.”
“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.”
“No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.”
“The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.”
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
“Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun.”
“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
“I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything — other people, trees, clouds.”
“Listen. Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?”
“Am I not among the early risers and the long-distance walkers?”
“What men build, in the name of security, is built of straw.”
“You can have the other words — chance, luck, coincidence, serendipity. I'll take grace.”
“Every word is a messenger. Some have wings; some are filled with fire; some are filled with death.”
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”