Quotes by Philosophers - Page 13

Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Count your smiles, not your frowns.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made.
Matshona Dhliwayo
People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit.
Criss Jami
The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth.
Criss Jami
Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self.
Criss Jami
The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.
Thiruvalluvar
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Augustine of Hippo
I wouldn't think that God is quite as much concerned with whether or not one actually sins as He is with whether or not in one's heart one genuinely wants to turn from sin; and therefore, continues working passionately with Him in doing so. It is not some pleasure of God's, as some might imagine, to stand around critiquing, arms crossed, holding a whip. I suppose that when someone weeps over their sins, He extends His hands; He wants them to lift their head and embrace Him and the mercy He's willing to show. But when someone is proud of their sins, He delivers His justice swiftly and righteously. Sin does not intimidate God - although He takes it very seriously - it does no real harm to Him whatsoever, only to the sinner and to other people: and He loves people.
Criss Jami
Play with the emotions, play with the heart and the animal will surrender to yo
Bangambiki Habyarimana
If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I used to say why save money if I'll die tomorrow, I haven’t died yet and I have nothing to survive on
Bangambiki Habyarimana
*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.
Criss Jami
A poor but confident man is as hard to find as a rich but shy man.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy every random person who made or makes a lot of money (or money that exceeds what you made or make).
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.
Criss Jami
Man's delight in the Lord is the absolute peak of human triumph. He praises God when full of joy, and when not, he praises God to become full of joy. For to know and to live as though God is worthy of all praise, in all one's circumstances, whether seemingly good or seemingly bad, is the primary definition of joy and the richest triumph for man under God.
Criss Jami
You may have read or heard about the so-called positive thinkers of the West. They sayjust the opposite -- they don't know what they are saying. They say, "When you breatheout, throw out all your misery and negativity; and when you breathe in, breathe in joy,positivity, happiness, cheerfulness."Atisha's method is just the opposite: when you breathe in, breathe in all the misery andsuffering of all the beings of the world -- past, present and future. And when you breatheout, breathe out all the joy that you have, all the blissfulness that you have, all thebenediction that you have. Breathe out, pour yourself into existence. This is the methodof compassion: drink in all the suffering and pour out all the blessings.And you will be surprised if you do it. The moment you take all the sufferings of theworld inside you, they are no longer sufferings. The heart immediately transforms theenergy. The heart is a transforming force: drink in misery, and it is transformed intoblissfulness... then pour it out.Once you have learned that your heart can do this magic, this miracle, you would like todo it again and again. Try it. It is one of the most practical methods -- simple, and itbrings immediate results. Do it today, and see.That is one of the approaches of Buddha and all his disciples. Atisha is one of hisdisciples, in the same tradition, in the same line. Buddha says again and again to hisdisciples, "IHI PASSIKO: come and see!" They are very scientific people. Buddhism isthe most scientific religion on the earth; hence, Buddhism is gaining more and moreground in the world every day. As the world becomes more intelligent, Buddha willbecome more and more important. It is bound to be so. As more and more people come toknow about science, Buddha will have great appeal, because he will convince thescientific mind -- because he says, "Whatsoever I am saying can be practiced." And Idon't say to you, "Believe it," I say, "Experiment with it, experience it, and only then ifyou feel it yourself, trust it. Otherwise there is no need to believe.
Osho
A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Before marriage a man prays that she accepts, after marriage a woman prays that he accepts
Bangambiki Habyarimana
You don't need a great cathedral for a great marriage. All you need is fate to be on your side
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Husband: a former boyfriend
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that has left her man for another.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.
Criss Jami
When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
For breakfast to be called ‘in bed’ instead of ‘on top of a bed,’ the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I realized that marriage is not only about exchanging vows, but it's about two people who equally make a continuous effort to honour their vows.
Gift Gugu Mona
Don't tell your friend you are fighting with your wife, it gives him pleasure
Bangambiki Habyarimana
To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorrow.
Criss Jami
If God really valued loyalty, He would have blessed every single believer before He even considered blessing a single nonbeliever.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
It is in the nature of man to want what he does not have. This modern concern for happiness seems a real testimony of its absence.
Criss Jami
There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana