Quotes by Authors - Page 4927

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A.D. Rahman Ahmad
Syl Anagist's assimilation of the world had been over a century before I was ever made; all cities were Syl Anagist. All languages had become Sylanagistine. But there were none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them - even if, in truth, their victims couldn't care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.
N K Jemisin
The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.
Idries Shah
Wonders encircled the world.
Lailah Gifty Akita
D'you know, Georgie," he said, settling back comfortably in the deep grass, that there song you've been a-singin' at all day - it ain't much of a song and it ain't much of a tune, but there's real good *sense* to it, though you probably don't know it. And I'll tell you why - because there always *is* new Folks comin', that's why. There's always new Folks comin' and always new times comin'.
Robert Lawson
Those who value wisdom know that when you give people something for nothing, you produce ungrateful people; that when you obscure the differences between men and women, you end up with many aimless men and angry women; that when you give children “self-esteem” without their earning it, you produce narcissists who enter adulthood often incapable of empathy and of handling life; that if you do not destroy evil, it will proliferate; and that if you are kind to the cruel, you will end up being cruel to the kind. If you really want goodness to prevail, wisdom is a key to unlocking it. The heart is not.
Dennis Prager
Faith in God is the fruit of the earth.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Anyone can smile for a photo, but who is still smiling after the selfie?
Ken Poirot
We are living in the Selfie Society of Me.
Ken Poirot
When we get too comfortable in our routine we stop challenging ourselves. Complacency is the silent dream killer.
Nina Guilbeau
The Sufi teacher’s mission is to be in the service of those who can learn.
Idries Shah
He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of a prince or a pig-keeper. And, at the last, the book taught him that while nothing was certain, all was possible. "At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, Dallben murmured. "And at the end of wisdom there is not grief, but hope.
Lloyd Alexander
...an irresistible of why we read and why we love.We are not quite novels.We are not quite short stories.In the end, we are collected works.
Gabrielle Zevin
One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are.
Idries Shah
Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you.
Ken Poirot
Do not spend all your strength to make money.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Battles like that . . .” My voice lowered. “They look like they come down to one person or one action in one big, flashy moment, but they don’t. Major victories come in inches. Each action, each sacrifice, every small act of defiance adds up..
Kaitlin Bevis
The worth of your strength cannot be measured in wages.
Lailah Gifty Akita
To live only for pleasure is to die while living.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn't on social media.
Germany Kent
You can change your life, one day at a time.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.
Idries Shah
It is only through the darkness, we desire the light.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Imagination is a holy impressions.
Lailah Gifty Akita
To live without love, is to have no light.
Lailah Gifty Akita
With the love of music, there will be no misery in life.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Never look too far to find a family. Your neighbour is your closest family.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Sadness is a grieve spirit. But Sorrow is refined the soul.
Lailah Gifty Akita
...just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's not the truth...
Mindy McGinnis
Influence is everything. One wrong influence can single handedly destroy every bit of your innocence and innocence is the root of all wisdom.
John Maiorana (oohGiovanni)
It is our harsh fate on earth that body and soul should be so closely bound together; that the soul should have to drag the body along, should be exposed to its vicissitudes, should even respond to them. This primal curse has always weighed heavily upon us; but how much more heavily under a religious law which compels us to endure this outrageous condition; which will not permit our honor, when it is imperiled, to save itself by casting aside the body, and seeking refuge in the world of the spirit!
Jules Michelet
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honor trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn.
T.H. White
Mungu hatakubali kuwa na mtu katika ufalme wake ambaye hatakubali kutawaliwa naye. Usikubali kutawaliwa na Ibilisi, kubali kutawaliwa na Mungu. Ni jukumu letu kuanza kuishi sasa kama vile tutakavyoishi mbinguni. Shetani anataka uwe na hekima ya duniani ili akupumbaze. Lakini hofu ya Mungu ndiyo msingi wa hekima ya kweli. Ukitaka asikupumbaze, pokea Roho ya Mungu kwa kubatizwa. Ukiipokea Roho ya Mungu utajua mambo ya Mungu, ambayo dunia haiwezi kujua.
Enock Maregesi
You have your own problems right now, Zenik, said a voice in her head. Stop worrying about saving the world and save your own ass. Sometimes her inner voice could be very wise.
Leigh Bardugo
You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you.No one should have gone through what we went through, but we did. And it kills me to think of it.But I didn't love you like you loved me. I don't hate you for that. It just makes me sorry, that there isn't someone else who could love you better.I know when you think about how I went, you'll get it. I was always uneasy about being alive. The idea of being dead makes me feel clear. When I think of it. It makes me think peace, peace, peace. It makes me happy. I am looking forward to it, to the absence of everything. And so I want you to be happy for me, that this is better for me. That I found what I needed. I know you won't be. But it's the last thing I want. You happy.
Alexander Chee
If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.
Idries Shah
People say that a dog can sense the longing of a person, so perhaps he's barking in response to your heart.
Kim Dong Hwa
Practical wisdom," Aristotle told us, "is the combination of moral will and moral skill.
Barry Schwartz
And then she reminded me: "It's the journey, not the destination, true?""True." I said " A bit hackneyed, but true indeed."She sighed. I smiled.
Susan Spencer-Wendel
I believe that this is the time to become warriors for peace and dialogue, not warmongers or mere worriers.
Lama Surya Das
Be with someone who willingly runs in the storm with you, not someone who cowers away because of turbulent winds.
Melody Lee
I'm the girl that goes backwards, takes wrong turns, stumbles in the dark. I'm also the girl that finds gold where others feared to stray. Perhaps because I follow my heart instead of sage advice thrown my way. I don't want to become numb by always playing it safe. Many of our most cherished times happen when we shatter the damn box, step off the safety zone and listen to the sound of our soul.
Melody Lee
Let your only graduation be in the grave.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Coming down life's highwayAt ninety mile an hour I want to slideWith bad brakes and bald tiresInto my final parking space
Richard L. Ratliff
You see, somewhere deep within the universe is a cosmic heart that pours knowledge to those with questions. And to communicate with it, you simply have to tap into your own heart. Yet there is a catch. You cannot be sleeping. You have to be wide awake. And your heart cannot be heavy. It must be as light as a feather. And your questions cannot carry any shades of darkness; they must be as childlike as a curious and receptive student of Truth. And the answers, can be interpreted in many different ways -- depending on how much truth you have in you.
Suzy Kassem
I call for all religions, cultures, countries, crews, parties and peacemakers to unite for the sake of building a peaceful, united global village for future generations. It starts TODAY. If we stay divided, we will only remain crippled - and we will fall. It is time for everyone to see there is more for us to GAIN through unity and love than hatred and division. Get wise and unite. This is the only way. We need to start fresh with a truly united perspective.
Suzy Kassem
To do things right, we need to UNITE black and white, red and blue, blue and white - all stars and stripes. We need to either apply all the lessons from the past - or get rid of all the stories and START AGAIN. We are moving towards a rainbow world. Our children are intermixing and so are our colors. You can keep your religions and traditions, but always stand with what is good for the greater good of ALL as a united neighborhood instead of a segregated team. This is what America needs. This is what the world needs. Our unity. In our schools, neighborhoods, communities, state offices and economic equations. Choosing to stand with the right wing or left wing, or this group or that group, is only going to keep this country divided and grounded. In the end, all human needs are the same and they will never change. So what is there to fight about? Let's hit restart and unite. Flip the script and start again. To make America truly great again, it must be united. Every bird needs two wings to fly. Any nation torn at the wings will never soar the skies. So we can all start here. The only political party anyone should be an active part of is the one called concerned.
Suzy Kassem
Intelligence is overrated. Wisdom is under applied.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Travel is the dream of travelers.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self love, wisdom and humility
Rasheed Ogunlaru
The magic, grace, growth and wonder of life is that wisdom follows a fall and defeat not from a win.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
You are always afraid that somebody may think you a fool. You are afraid that if others think you to be a fool, you will start suspecting it. If so many people think you a fool your self-confidence will be lost. And if everybody goes on repeating that you are a fool, sooner or later you will come to believe it.Only a wise man cannot be deceived, he can appear as a fool.Have you observed yourself? You are always trying to exhibit your wisdom, always in search of a victim to whom you can show your knowledge, just searching, hunting for somebody weaker than you – then you will jump in and you will show your wisdom.A wise man need not be an exhibitionist. Whatsoever is, is. He is not aware of it, he is not in any hurry to show it. If you want to find it, you will have to make efforts. If you have to know whether he is gentle or not, that is going to be your discovery.
Osho
At critical moments in the life of individuals and of societies, it is not necessarily the facts that are needed as much as a profound narrative that makes sense of life’s conflicts and misunderstandings. When all seems to be falling apart and becoming less rational and more chaotic, it is usually a different story that is needed to make things whole again. Mythic imagination can break the spell of time and open us to a level of life that remains timeless. Myth is not about what happened in past times; myth is about what happens to people all of the time.
Michael Meade
Love is a universal language.
Lailah Gifty Akita
To travel is to discover that human beings everywhere are human beings.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
If you can play with your pain, every day would be a party.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Intelligence is seeing the ups, downs, cycles and patterns in the game of life. Wisdom is not being played or a player - but being at one with life, dancing with life, being full of life, in flow with life - glad to be alive.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.
Doug Larson
Our lives are in constant flux, which generates many predicaments. But when these are faced with a calm and clear mind supported by spiritual practice, they can all be successfully resolved. When our minds are clouded by hatred, selfishness, jealousy, and anger, we lose not only control but also our judgment. At those wild moments, anything can happen, including war. Although the practice of compassion and wisdom is useful to us all, it is especially valuable for those responsible for running national affairs, in whose hands lie the power and opportunity to create a framework for world peace.
Dalai Lama