“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension* than reality.”
(*anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen)
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”
“After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: ‘What did I do right?’ and ‘What would I do differently?'”
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”
“The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.”
“Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.”
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled.”
“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”
“你越安静，你听到的声音就越多。”
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Imagination, visualization, actualisation
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
“People spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking about what they should be doing.”
“有时人们不想听真话，因为他们不想让自己的幻想破灭。” “Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”
« Parfois, les gens ne veulent pas entendre la vérité parce qu’ils ne veulent pas que leurs illusions soient détruites. »
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