I Was Learning Quotes
Experience is not the enemy: It is the hubris that is often a by-product of experience that is our greatest enemy.
But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.
You can perceive a person's aspiration if it is genuine, because this creates a change in the emanations from such a person.
The automatism of man is overcome, in the words of Dhun'Nun, by aiming for 'being as you were, where you were, before you were'.
If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.
Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.
People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.
You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.
Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.
The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.
The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.
When students learn to wrestle with questions about purpose, audience, and genre, they develop a conceptual view of writing that has lifelong usefulness in any communicative context.
...story is a powerful stimulant with tremendous influence over how we think and act. Like meth, only safer.
Fear is contagious. Fortunately, so is courage. Learning to become fearless will touch everyone around you, and best of all, you'll find it's a gift that keeps on giving.
If something’s existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?
Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli.
A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another.
A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values.
It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.
The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.
Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.
As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others.
Children learn from anything and everything they see. They learn wherever they are, not just in special learning places.
Very early it was noticed that I had a good memory
When I think of how Jesus loved people, the word “cherish” comes to mind. When we cherish someone, we combine looking and compassion—we notice and care for that person. We don’t shut him or her out.
We begin to resemble what we focus on. If we devote our lives to our jobs, then we mentally take the office to our daughter’s lacrosse game.
Loving means losing control of our schedule, our money, and our time. When we love we cease to be the master and become a servant.
Empathy is a breaking down of the false constructs of division between the observer and the observed.
DEATH IS A PROFOUND LESSON IN TRUTH: We grow to understand more about it from childhood until the day we must cross the mystic chasm and abandon the land of the living.
...reflection can transform something familiar.
We are only different because there exists something to be different from, and it is this difference that bonds us.
Letting go isn’t about forgetting
Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why is has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.
Good writing demands self-discipline and constant learning
Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.
An intelligent consistency is the foundation of genius.
Wisdom is the inner form of man, and rarely are adjusted out
Borrow money only for an education that will yield enough of a return in the job market to allow you to pay your loans back.
Real change isn't achieved as the result of white knuckling and hoping for the best. It requires changing your heart.
Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise.
He exhaled in disgust. “High school is boredom punctuated by humiliation.
To accept one's past -- one's history -- is not the same thing as drowning in it
But in a home where grief is fresh and patience has long worn thin, making it through another day is often heroic in itself.
At its best, leadership development is not an “event.” It’s a capacity-building endeavor. It’s a process of human growth and development.
A good listener is a witness, not a judge of your experience.
Send silent blessings to those that oppose you, so they may also find peace within themselves—and the strength and perseverance to embark on their life path.
Knowledge is what enables one to be wrong. (p. 11)
sometimes crying is needed to feel better. The pressure of life becomes so much at times that you need to relieve it.
You can teach a bubbly person to repair shoes, but you can't put the personality into a grumpy cobbler.John Timpson
Make yourself a slave to good habits