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Sage | Source | Quote |
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Qu Yuan | The gates of Heaven are open wide; off I ride born on a dark cloud... one Yin for every Yang. | |
Qu Yuan | Age creeps on apace, all will soon be over; | |
Qu Yuan | Alas! all joy has vanished from my life, | |
Qu Yuan | Now, the phoenix dispossessed, | |
Qu Yuan | Can one gather water lilies from the the boughs of a tree? | |
A.A. Milne | One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. | |
A.A. Milne | Waiting At The Window | These are my two drops of rain |
A.A. Milne | Waiting At The Window | “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” |
A.A. Milne | War With Honour | The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. |
A.A. Milne | War With Honour | War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like ‘What about lunch?’ |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “Some people care too much. I think it's called love.” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “ 'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.' ” |
A.A. Milne | Winnie the Pooh | “ 'Oh Tigger, where are your manners?' 'I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.' ” |
Abdul Sattar Edhi | Whereas the entire meaning of the Quran must easily be interpreted by the lives of Muslims, Islam's followers abandoned its essence. | |
Abdul Sattar Edhi | People have become educated, but have yet to become human. |