Thursday Quotes

Nov 15, 2018,10:36 AM
 

'The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.'
'One should use common words to say uncommon things.'
'The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.'

'A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
- Arthur Schopenhauer

'Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.' 
Plato

'Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.'
Albert Camus

'Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.'
'What is a good person? One who achieves tranquility by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion - "What is the right thing to do now?".'
'To live a life of virtue you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable or easy.'
Epictetus

'It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.'
Confucius




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:) [nt]

 
 By: InHavenPro : November 15th, 2018-12:16

Great ones [nt]

 
 By: Passionata_george : November 15th, 2018-12:23

Thank you :) [nt]

 
 By: InHavenPro : November 15th, 2018-12:27

Plato touches on a universal theme...

 
 By: cshimokita : November 15th, 2018-14:32
The " Sins of the Father " derives primarily from the books of Exodus / Shemot, Numbers / Bemidbar, Deuteronomy / Devarim, et al. and has historically been interpreted to mean the iniquities of one generation passing to another. The idea has worked its wa... 

Nice and brief....

 
 By: InHavenPro : November 15th, 2018-23:14
dissection, I as well tend to agree with what you are saying. I do not view the statement in a more negative than positive light. Thank you for the helpful elaboration! Cheers, Filip

Thank you. [nt]

 
 By: VMM : November 17th, 2018-10:12

Anytime! :) [nt]

 
 By: InHavenPro : November 17th, 2018-11:52