How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
—David J. Schwartz (American Self-help Author)
In the employment of labour and machinery, it is often found that the effects can be increased by skilful distribution, by separating all those operations which have any tendency to impede one another, and by bringing together all those operations which can be made in any way to aid one another.
—James Mill (Scottish Philosopher)
The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering.
—William Ellery Channing (American Theologian, Poet)
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.
—Edward Payson Powell (American Author, Journalist)
As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
—Pliny the Younger (Roman Senator, Writer)
Spiritual evolution occurs as the result of removing obstacles and not actually acquiring anything new. Devotion enables surrender of the mind’s vanities and cherished illusions so that it progressively becomes more free and more open to the light of Truth.
—David R. Hawkins (American Physician)
Never open the door to the least of evils, for many other, greater ones lurk outside.
—Baltasar Gracian (Spanish Philosopher, Prose Writer)
Having a calling or meaningful and fulfilling purpose in life does not necessarily mean being drawn to a certain kind of job, task, or professional mission. Many people are compelled instead to commit themselves to a particular set of values – ones that they infuse into every aspect of their life, regardless of the various roles they play or situations they address as they go through their daily lives.
—Lama Surya Das (American Buddhist Scholar)
You’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution.
—Modern Proverb
No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.
—Jean Paul (German Novelist)
Doubt is the father of invention.
—Galileo Galilei (Italian Astronomer)