Proverbs, aphorisms, maxims... are also words of wisdom and truisms. Some of these short phrases are embedded with profound lessons which, unless we take time to contemplate, we would have missed the lessons they are teaching.
When we come across an aphorism, we should make it a point to take a moment to think about what the phrase meant. We might learn something valuable to us, or we could learn something about life which they didn’t teach us in school.
You will find that sometimes, those words described most appropriately the present situation you are in, or a situation you were once in. When that happens, you will find that the words take on a new meaning.
Take a look at this week's selection of aphorisms.
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What you believe to be true, is it true? Or do you just believe that it’s true because you were taught that it’s true and never looked any further? - Unknown
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. - Socrates
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. - Albert Camus
This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men. - Captain J. A. Hadfield
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. - Chinese Proverb
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. - Unknown
There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone; all that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. - Edwin Markham
Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. - Maya Angelou
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Don’t let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter. - Oliver Goldsmith
To wake up the genius within your mind, you must first believe there is a genius residing there. - Unknown
The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today. - Unknown
Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement. - Thomas N. Carruther
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. - James Adams
When in doubt, back out on a technicality. - Walter Shapiro
The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. - Bruce Lee
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