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They say you should know your limits and work within them. But how can you really know your limits unless you try to expand them? ↗

— Jonathan Cainer

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A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed, cut holes in it, and called it a human being. Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony of parting, never mentioning the skill that gave it life as a flute ↗

— Rumi

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There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#worry #life

All our wisdom is stored in the trees. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

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Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#rubiayat #wisdom #life

We are all born with genius. It's like our fairy godmother. But what happens in life is that we stop listening to our inner voices, and we no longer have access to this extraordinary ability to create poetry. ↗

— Milton Glaser

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A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person. ↗

— Sandra Chami Kassis

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When you can't get what you want, get what you need ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

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There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it. ↗

— Anne Holm

#consequences #i-am-david #life #smart #wisdom

Out of a hundred people: Those who always know better- 52 Doubting every step- all the rest Glad to lend a hand if it doesn’t take too long- as high as 49 Always good, because they can’t be otherwise- 4 maybe 5 Able to admire without envy- 18 Living in constant fear of something or someone- 77 Capable of happiness- 20 something tops Harmless singly, savage in crowds- half at least Wise after the fact- just a couple more than wise before it Taking only things from life- 30 (I wish I were wrong) Righteous- 35, which is a lot Righteous and understanding- 3 Worthy of compassion- 99 Mortal- 100 out of 100 (Thus far this figure still remains unchanged.) ↗

— Wisława Szymborska

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