“Behavior is the end result of a prevailing story in one s mind: change the story and the behavior will change.”
“There is a simple rule regarding wisdom: those who have a superficial knowledge cannot be wise. On the contrary, wise people have broad knowledge. However, besides the acquired knowledge, wisdom arises from observation and contemplation over a longer period of time. Wisdom is, therefore, often the privilege of older people who have a broad knowledge and respectable experience. Feel free to ask such people for advice.”
“The universal mission of all educators is to let the torch of knowledge illuminate the world.”
“Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, How unlucky that this should happen to me! Not at all! Say instead, How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.”
“Life is only meaningless if we fail to make a resolute effort at achieving bliss, attaining the active state of oneness that comes to a person whom is attentively alive and mindful of all the beauty and moral sublimity of existence.”
“Human consciousness is a law of nature. Humankind’s inherent intelligence is an indivisible component inalterably linked to the whole beatitude of the natural world. We experience truth, beauty, goodness, harmony, and bliss when we live in the light of the soul.”
“Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendor and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.”
“It s a random universe. Shit happens. Good people get stage 4 cancer and dipshits win the lottery. There is no justice. Everything doesn t always come out square in the end. Life isn t some elegant math equation -- it s a Sergio Leone screenplay and everyone gets snuffed. Not all of us have to ante up for our portion of the tab. Some get to do the ol dine n dash.”
“The important thing is not to know all the answers but to know the right questions to ask.”
“Aunque parezca una paradoja, hay que hacer lo posible por no regresar a aquellos lugares donde hemos visto de cerca la felicidad. Así se mantendrán intactos en nuestro recuerdo para siempre.”
“Before fighting for truth, find the truth.”
“A person without a philosophy for living is at the tender mercy of other people.”
“The self centred disregard for anything living outside of me , is pure solipsism. One may feel the world is pure evil but its I who filters the thought through my own un - coping mind, seeking complete annihilation of the world for my own self relief ! ”
“Every man must find his own philosophy, his attitude towards life.”
“In the stillness of my mind , I surrender to a place I call my own ....Where everything that I see ,is real ,and every thing that I don t ,doesn t exist! Yet , in that very stillness I find my mind drifting in search of solace and when I open my eyes ,I find myself in the Elysian Fields of my existence !”
“Events fall into a pattern that we can only discern retrospectively. We credit ourselves with far more agency than we actually possess. Things happen because they happen.”
“Human beings can learn valuable lessons in conservation of necessary personal resources for accomplishing the fundamental tenants of life by observing a judiciously paced turtle determinedly and stealthily traversing the world.”