“That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.”
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes….
Proverbs 3:5
IF you don’t know Rudyard Kipling’s “If,” you owe it to yourself to read it many times over, as inspiration, as metered rhymed poetry, and as a compass for finding your way to a good life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94
Reading by Michael Caine
Likewise, as a compass for living, Max Ehrmann’s “Desiderata"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata
The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and ... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
Schopenhauer
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Schopenhauer
The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without pedantry, gay without tumultuousness, polished without affectation, gallant without insipidity, waggish without equivocation.
Rousseau
Intellectual conversation, whether grave or humorous, is only fit for intellectual society; it is downright abhorrent to ordinary people, to please whom it is absolutely necessary to be commonplace and dull. Schopenhauer
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Missa Solemnis dedication. The copy presented to Rudolf was inscribed "Von Herzen—Möge es wieder—Zu Herzen gehn!" (From the heart—may it return to the heart!)
Beethoven
Regarding Prometheus: "There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind."
Beethoven
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.… Infant …, school-boy …, lover …, soldier ..., justice …, old age ....
And finally, second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Shakespeare
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
Lao Tzu
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way; that is not easy.
Aristotle
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! —
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Longfellow
Types of Men:
The Theoretical, whose dominant interest is the discovery of truth
The Economic, who is interested in what is useful
The Aesthetic, whose highest value is form and harmony
The Social, whose highest value is love of people
The Political, whose interest is primarily in power
The Religious, whose highest value is unity
Eduard Spranger
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
My Mother
What other people think of me is none of my business.
Do not talk to people who do not want to hear what you have to say.
Jordan Peterson
