#wisdom

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#wisdom #life

When there is a tendency to compartmentalize the spiritual and make it resident in a certain type of life only, the spiritual is apt gradually to be lost. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#life

Suffering teaches joy. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#happiness #joy #life #pain #suffering

You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#wisdom #life

It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach. ↗

— Benjamin E. Mays

#wisdom #inspirational

Ideas are the source of all things ↗

— Plato

#knowledge #life #philosophy #wisdom #life

Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #feelings #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#mystery #wisdom #life

It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one. ↗

— Andre Gide

#life

A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#human-nature #opinion #perception #philisophical-life #philosophical