…a king today is a corpse tomorrow
Ecclesiasticus (Book of Sirach) 10:10b
I vibe with the notion of humility before the universe. One can’t help but know that there are forces greater than oneself.
“To the greater glory of god”, Joe Crawford, ArtLungBlog
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Leo F. Buscaglia
A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonour.
Bible, Proverbs 12:16 NET
You’re going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is happy and at peace they mistake for weakness. It’s not your job to change these people, but it’s your job to show them that your peace and gentleness do not equate to weakness. I have always appeared to be fragile and delicate but the thing is, I am not fragile and I am not delicate. I am very gentle but I can show you that the gentle also possess a poison. I compare myself to silk. People mistake silk to be weak but a silk handkerchief can protect the wearer from a gunshot. There are many people who will want to befriend you if you fit the description of what they think is weak; predators want to have friends that they can dominate over because that makes them feel strong and important. The truth is that predators have no strength and no courage. It is you who are strong, and it is you who has courage. I have lost many a friend over the fact that when they attempt to rip me, they can’t. They accuse me of being deceiving; I am not deceiving, I am just made of silk. It is they who are stupid and wrongly take gentleness and fairness for weakness. There are many more predators in this world, so I want you to be made of silk. You are silk.
C. JoyBell C.
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt
The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.
Bible, Proverbs 12:23 NET
Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.
Roy T. Bennett
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
Anne Bradstreet
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It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi
When building a ladder, you need all the rungs
Noel Valantine
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.
Bible, Proverbs 12:20 NET
Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.
Bible, Proverbs 12:9 NET
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Bible, Matthew 23:12 NET
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.
Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending – performing. You get to love your pretence. It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act – and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you’re trying to steal their most precious possession.
Jim Morrison
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucious
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis