"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted..." - Quote by Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
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“A life without LOVE isn’t a life.”
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!”
“Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle; Love is the work of wrestlers. The one who becomes a servant of lovers is really a fortunate sovereign. Don't ask anyone about Love; ask Love about Love. Love is a cloud that scatters pearls.”
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“I've learned to keep my mind open to ideas from any source.”
“The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.”
“Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?”
More on Self Improvement
“Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.”
“Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.”
“By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger”