Feelings in Words

"If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness."

"Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again."

"I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me."

"It is the quality of our work which will please God, not the quantity."

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."

"The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing."

"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing."

"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum."

"I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture."

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love."

"We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely."

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

"Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people."

"Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."