October 20, 2008

Quotes of Wisdom


Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for,

it is a thing to be achieved.

(William Jennings Bryan)


The surest sign of spiritual progress is a total lack of concern about progress. There is an utter absence of anxiety about anything like liberation and a sort of hollowness in one's being,

a kind of looseness and involuntary surrender to whatever might happen.

(Balsekar)


Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear

and obstacles vanish into air.

(John Quincy Adams)


Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always

throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

(Voltaire)


Whatever we perceive in the world around us tends to reflect who we are and what we care about most deeply, as in the old saying, "When a thief sees a saint, all he sees are his pockets.

(Robert Frager)


Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice;

it is not a thing to be waited for,it is a thing to be achieved.

(William Jennings Bryan)