#common-sense

"Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor."

"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it."

"It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense."

"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it."

"I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!"

"Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience."

"There will come a time in every girl's life when she realizes that your ex-girlfriend wasn't crazy. Actually, she was right (about you)."

"Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire you, make you happy and provide peace of mind."

"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain"

"If you want to be sure of unusual thing such as aliens or UFOs, then you have to think about it from an unusual way of thinking."