Once upon a time, there was a brisk young Cock, in company with two or three Pullets, his mistresses, ranking upon a dunghill for something to entertain them, happened to scratch up a jewel; he knew what it was well enough, for it sparked with an exceeding bright luster; but, not knowing what to do […]
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The capacity for knowledge of the inferior man is small and easily filled up; the intelligence of the superior man is deep and not easily satisfied. It matters not what you learn; but when you once learn a thing, you must never give it up until you have mastered it. It matters not what you
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Whether we like someone is influenced by the events with which an individualis associated. Bad news isn’t welcome. We tend to dislike people who tell us whatwe don’t want to hear even when they didn’t cause the bad news i.e., kill themessenger. This gives people an incentive to avoid giving bad news. To protectthemselves, they
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He who grasps more than he can hold, wouldbe better without any.
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German missionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer said: ”An optimist is a person whosees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight.The truly wise person is colorblind.”
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‘Mulla Nasrudin Effendi, was asked by his neighbor, ‘which is more intelligent, a camel or a man?’‘A camel,’ replied the Mulla, ‘because it carries heavy loads without complaint, but never asks for an additional load. Man, on the other hand, burdened by responsibility, is always choosing to add to his loads.’
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‘Nasrudin’ was taking an evening stroll when he stumbled over a man lying on the grass, drunk. Rolling him over, he recognized the drunkard to be none other than the judge — a man famous for passing stiff sentences for moral offences. Seeing that the judge was unconscious, ‘Nasrudin‘ removed his ornate slippers and coat
In the practice of archery we have something resembling the principle in a man’s moral life. When the archer misses the center of the target he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure within himself. [Confucius, The Wisdom of Chinese]
The ‘poryotkes’, that is the ancient sages, held thus: “In men’s mind there is thought, sometimes a god holds a throne (in it), sometimes a demon holds up the way. In thought there is speech, sometimes a god holds a throne (in it), sometimes a demon holds up the way. In speech there is deed,
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