#improv

Little faults become great, and even monstrous in our eyes, in proportion as the pure light of God increases in us; just as the sun in rising, reveals the true dimensions of objects which were dimly and confusedly discovered during the night. ↗

— François Fénelon

#self-knowledge #sin #spiritual-growth #self-growth

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love, ↗

— Buddha

#self-improvement #wisdom #love

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#reading #self-help #self-improvement #dating

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#help #improve #know #peace #people

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#after #aims #develop #done #hand

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#come #comes #fun #having #having fun

My family life and my ideals, my commitment to the community and to other people - all people - has been improved. I think less about myself and more about my community today. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#been #commitment #community #family #family life

I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to attract the opposite sex, I found that not only did cooking work, but that it was actually fun. ↗

— Alton Brown

#asking #attract #cook #cooking #did

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#criticize #improving #keep #life #little

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. ↗

— James Buchan

#authors #cutting #disgust #effects #favourite