Borrowing Wisdom

William Blake: "The greater the sorrow..."

"The deeper the sorrow, the greater the joy"

—William Blake

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Hatred paralyzes life; love..."

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Oscar Wilde: "Every saint has a..."

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."

—Oscar Wilde

Unknown: "I am thankful for..."

"I am thankful for the difficult people in my life. They have shown me exactly who I don't want to be."

—Unknown

Albert Einstein: "Everybody is a genius..."

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole like believing that it is stupid."

—Albert Einstein

Thomas Merton: "The beginning of love..."

"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only
the reflection of ourselves we find in them."

–Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island

Wes Moore: "None of us..."

"None of us are ever promised anything. Make sure it matters that you are here."

-Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore

Wes Moore: "The world is..."

"The world is much bigger than what is right in front of you."

-Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore

L. Frank Baum: "You've always had..."

"You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself."

—Glinda, The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum

Graham Hancock: "Fear is the lock..."

"Think for your yourself. Take nothing for granted. Question everything. Reach your own conclusions based on your own experience, intuition and common sense. These are amongst the gifts the bountiful universe bestowed when we were given the opportunity to be born in a human body. We should use those gifts well, and make the most of this precious opportunity, for that is what we are here to do.

Fear is the lock, consciousness is the key, and love is on the other side of the door."

—Graham Hancock

Unknown: "People hate you for..."

"People hate you for 1 of 3 reasons.

They hate themselves
They want to be you
They see you as a threat"

—Unknown

Wayne W. Dyer: "My goal is not..."

"My goal is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better than I used to be."

—Wayne W. Dyer