Knowledge
Knowledge is like a baobab tree – one person”s arms are not enough to encompass it. African proverb
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Free trade
Deus … voluit mutua egestate et copia humanas foveri amicitias. … Neque vero censeri debet in usus paucorum reperta negotiatio, sed ut quod alteri deest alterius copia pensaretur. [God] wished human friendships to be engendered by mutual needs and resources. … It ought not to be supposed that trade was invented for the benefit of a few, but in order that the lack of one...
Epochal change
Oggi non viviamo un’epoca di cambiamento quanto un cambiamento d’epoca. Papa Francesco – al secolo Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Santo Padre dal 2013 al 2025 (1936-2025), in un discorso tenuto al 5° Congresso Nazionale della Chiesa in Italia nella Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze, Italia (10 novembre 2015) Today we are not living an epoch of change so much as an epochal change....
Courage
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the presence of faith. Captain Eugene “Red” McDaniel – American pilot and member of the U.S. Navy, veteran of the Viet nam war (b. 1931), in his speech at the “Salute to Veterans Awards” at the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia (Nov. 6, 2019)
Prayer of surrender
My Lord and Saviour, in your arms I am safe; keep me and I have nothing to fear; give me up and I have nothing to hope for. I pray you not to make me rich, I pray you not to make me very poor; but I leave it all to you, because you know and I do not. If you bring pain or sorrow on me, give me grace to bear it well. If you give me health and strength and success in this world, keep me ever on...
States without God
Remota itaque iustitia quid sunt regna nisi magna latrocinia? Justice [God] being taken away, then, what are states but great, organized robberies? Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctor of Church (354-430), from “The City of God” 4,4,1 (“De civitate dei”,...
Performance
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), from an interview in “The Wall Street Journal” (May 25, 1993)
Self-worth
Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer – American psychologist, speaker and author on self-development (1940-2015)
Listen, unterstand, act
You have to listen, understand, and then act – at the right time. Richard Lord – Canadian business executive, President and CEO Richelieu Hardware (b. 1952)
Positive attitude
Do not speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body does not know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that’s why it is called “spelling”. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life. attributed to Bruce Lee – born Lee Jun-fan, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor and philosopher...
Give your best
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George S. Halas – American baseball- and football player and coach, owner of the National Football League teams “Chicago Bears” (1895-1983)
Föredömet
Ingen metod är effektivare än föredömets. Ingvar Kamprad – svensk entreprenör, grundare av IKEA (1926-2018), från “En Möbelhandlares Testamente” (20:e december, 1976) No method is more effective than the good example. Ingvar Kamprad – Swedish entrepreneur, founder of IKEA (1926-2018), from “The Testament of a furniture dealer” (“En Möbelhandlares...
смысл
Ибо тайна бытия человеческого не в том, чтобы только жить, а в том, для чего жить. Федор Достоевский – русский писатель (1821-1881), из “Бра́тья Карама́зовы”, часть II, Книга пятая, глава 5 (1880) For the secret of man’s being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsk – Russian writer (1821-1881), from “The Brothers...