Bits and Pieces

Quotes

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Leo Tolstoy

Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful.

GREGORY BATESON

We live very close together. So, our prime pur­pose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

THE DALAI LAMA

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanks­giving.

W. T. PURKISER

People meet you where you are. If you’re open, they tend to be open. If you’re closed, they tend to be closed. If you’re vulnerable, they tend to be vulnerable. And people are often a little in­secure and afraid of themselves. They’re afraid to tip their hand. It’s just human nature, self-preservation. People will generally only tip their hand when they see you tip your hand.

JOHN HOPE BRYANT

The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world’s greatest events are not produced, they happen.

G. C. LICHTENBERG

Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.

Margaret Wheately

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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Martin Luther King JR.

I hope they’re still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

JOE LOUIS (1914–1981)
Heavyweight champion