Quotes – ‘Understanding’
Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil…… Plato (427 BC – 347 BC).
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you, an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb…..
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). British statesman.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity, opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions……Albert Einstein (1879-1955) US (German born) physicist.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little, falls into lazy habits of thinking…… Albert Einstein (1879-1955) US (German born) physicist.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after truth…… Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). Indian ascetic and nationalist leader.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop…… Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC). Chinese philosopher and reformer.
Study the past if you would define the future…… Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC). Chinese philosopher and reformer.
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort……Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870). English novelist.
Wid the god the gift tae gee us tae see oursels as others see us…… Robert Burns (1759 – 1796). Scottish National Poet
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