Monday, 8 February 2021

Quotes 14: Zulu proverb

 "When a thorn pierces the foot, the whole body must bend over to pull it out." –– Zulu proverb

Sunday, 7 February 2021

Quotes 13: Blaise Pascal

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." 

–– Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher, writer, mathematician, physicist 

Saturday, 6 February 2021

Quotes 12: Rumi

 "Life is a balance of holding on and letting go." 

–– Rumi (1207-1273), Persian poet, theologian and Sufi mystic

Friday, 5 February 2021

Quotes 11: Eleanor Roosevelt

 "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look at fear in the face. ... You must do the thing you think you cannot do." 

–– Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), American author, activist, diplomat, political figure, and First Lady. Quote from: You Learn by Living. 1960.

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Quotes 10: Henry David Thoreau

"People seldom hit what they do not aim at." 

–– Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American essayist, philosopher, and poet 

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Quotes 9: Leo Tolstoy

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur." 

–– Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer 

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Quotes 8: Seneca

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." 

–– Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman