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And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for
education is not education at all but ritual. read more
We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for
education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are
being educated when we know it least.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.
Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.
Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.
Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.
Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining read more
Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an read more
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.