wisdom

"The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom."

"Fear can’t be reasoned with. Neither can hate. They’re like love. They’re almost identical emotions. That’s why Ares and Aphrodite like each other. Their twin sons – Fear and Panic – were spawned from both war and love."

"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."

"A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use."

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

"I count as blessings things I could have benefited from, even if I neglected to utilize them. A gift is still a gift, even if left wrapped and unopened."

"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."

"Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear."

"The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about."

"It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful."

"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."

"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves."

"Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ..."

"There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin."

"Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

"Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist."

"You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented."

"Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form."