#wisdom

After all the damages that had been done, there would be a lot of things I want to be gone. Life’s not easy before, but I never thought it could get any harder or even more. ↗

— Rea Erika Paraz Ebate

#life #life-lessons #wisdom #inspirational

Let go of self-condemnation and guilt! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#inspirational-quotes #mindset #self-help-ebooks #wisdom #inspirational

One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US so great. That’s what freedom is all about.
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— Jarod Kintz

#government #greatness #jail #money #prisons

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#all #belong #common #environmental #fair-user

Silence is a source of great strength. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#great #silence #source #strength

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#honesty #wisdom #wisdom

This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. ↗

— Rumi

#wisdom

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#inaction #just-do-it #timidity #wisdom #wisdom

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #reductionism #wisdom #wisdom

Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#wisdom #work #wisdom