If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “They give that they may live…”
You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pastures. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “You give but little when you give of your possessions…”
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Rudyard Kipling Quote – “What you do when you don’t have to…”
What you do when you don’t have to determines what you will be, when you can no longer help it. Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
Rudyard Kipling Quote – “If you can keep your head when all about you…”
If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald Quote – “The test of a first-rate intelligence…”
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the same mind at the same time. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940)
Erich Fromm Quote – “He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God…”
He is marking time, and he lives and dies like one of the million things he produces. He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God. Erich Fromm (1900 – 1980)
William Law Quote – “The greatest part of mankind…”
The greatest part of mankind, nay, of all Christians, may be said to be asleep. That particular way of life, which takes up each man’s mind, thoughts and actions, may be very well called his particular dream. The learned and the ignorant, the rich and the poor, are all in the same state of slumber, passing away a short life […]
C. S. Lewis Quote – “Humility is not thinking less of yourself…”
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
C. S. Lewis Quote – “Many people want to serve God…”
Many people want to serve God, mostly in an advisory capacity. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)