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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
— Lao TzuStoic and Timeless Wisdom
What greater revenge against violence than peace?
— Wheel of TimeStoic and Timeless Wisdom
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
— EpictetusStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Coach K does not care what just happened, only what the next play is. Be a goldfish.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
In the end, winning is sleeping better.
— Jodie FosterStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
It is hard to imagine a more dangerous way of making decisions than putting them in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
— Thomas SowellStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Mice die in mousetraps because they do not understand why the cheese is free.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.
— VarysStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Most people die at twenty-five. We just do not bury them until they are seventy.
— Benjamin FranklinStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
— YodaStoic and Timeless Wisdom
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
— Douglas MacArthurStoic and Timeless Wisdom
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate drops to zero.
— Fight ClubStoic and Timeless Wisdom
When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
The self is a universe that exists solely in your mind, impossible to completely share with another person.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
Impatience with actions, patience with results.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
When you are finally wealthy, you will realize it was not what you were seeking.
— Naval RavikantStoic and Timeless Wisdom
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Stoic and Timeless Wisdom
The golden windows. A girl watched a distant house whose windows glittered gold every evening. When she finally walked across the valley to see it up close, she found only normal windows, and then turned to see her own house now glowing gold from this side. The same beauty existed where she already was. Sometimes we need a perspective change to be grateful for the beauty we already have.
Parables and Stories
The snake in the fire. A man pulled a burning snake from the flames and it bit him. He dropped it and it fell back in. He found a pole and lifted it out anyway, saving its life. When asked why, he said the nature of the snake is to bite, but that is not going to change my nature, which is to help. Do not change your nature simply because someone harms you, but learn to take precautions.
Parables and Stories
The Purdue chickens. Researchers bred the single most productive hen from each cage for generations, and the offspring grew so aggressive they pecked each other to death. Then they bred the most productive whole cage instead, and after five generations the flock was healthy and one hundred sixty percent more productive. Choose the productive group, not just the productive individual.
Parables and Stories
Keanu Reeves lost his daughter at birth, his wife in a car accident, and his best friend to an overdose. He has no bodyguards, lives simply, rides the subway, and has quietly given away vast sums to people in need. This man could buy everything, and instead every day he chooses one thing that cannot be bought: to be a caring person.
Parables and Stories
The scenic route. A man given a terminal diagnosis said that to experience suffering is one of the greatest expressions of God's love, because it brings us closer to Christ. To lead others to find and feel that love is why God gave me the scenic route to die, and for that I thank Him every day.
— Father StuParables and Stories