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If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into read more
Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Giving opens the way for receiving.
Giving opens the way for receiving.
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", read more
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a read more
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is read more
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
