From Francis Bacon’ “It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.”
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Quote of the day 02/21/25
From Francis Bacon: “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.”
Quote of the day 02/19/25
From Francis Bacon: “Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
Quote of the day 02/17/25
From Francis Bacon: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”
Quote of the day 02/15/25
From Rumi: “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
Quote of the day 02/14/25
From Rumi: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Quote of the day 02/12/25
From Rumi: “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
Quote of the day 02/11/25
From Rumi: “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
Quote of the day 02/10/25
From Thích Nhất Hạnh: “The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.”
Quote of the day 02/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Man is born deaf, that is, not understanding the speech of others, so that he may follow his instincts and not be confused by words.”
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