Posted by: Elisabetta
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.
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Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.
Let's not stop to think of them, just look and move on.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
But I am constant as the northern star, of whose true-fixed and resting quality. There is no fellow in the firmament.
If I refrain from giving judgment above all else, when I don't conceive it with sufficient clarity and distinction, it's clear that I make very good use of the judgment, and I'm not fooled, but if I'm determined to deny or to affirm it, then I don't use anymore my free will.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Altruism means living and letting live.
Each one confusedly a good conceives
Wherein the mind may rest, and longeth for it;
Therefore to overtake it each one strives.
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us.
Altruists have no colour, they lose all individuality.