Common Wisdoms

Every smile you send out comes back to you twice over. proverb

No democracy has ever been inflicted by a famine, and no two democracies have ever made war on each other. Johan Norberg – Swedish writer (b. 1973), from his film "Globalisation Is Good" (2003), Quotations book 2021

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life. attributed to Rabindranath Tagore - born Robindronath Thakur, Bengali poet, Nobel Prize in literature 1913 (1861-1941), Quotations book 2021

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. Pablo Picasso - born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish artist (1881-1973), quoted by Daniel J. Robbins (American art historian, art critic, and curator,, 1932-1995) in "Picasso's Vollard suite" (1979) Aunque...

One day you will figure out, that it is harder to be kind than to be clever. Lawrence Preston Gise - American admin assistant (1915-1995), to his then ten-year-old grandson Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos (American company founder: Amazon, b. 1964), after the younger has calculated to his grandmother Mattie Strait Gise (1915-1977), how much she shortens her life through smoking

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. life is a challenge, meet it. life is a duty, complete it. life is a game, play it. life is costly, care for it. life is wealth, keep it. life is love, enjoy it. life is mystery, know it. life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is a sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing...

Freedom is not fun. ... It is responsible choice. Peter F. Drucker - Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from "The Future of Industrial Man" (1942), Quotations book 2020

Haec enim est una virtus non solum maxima sed etiam mater virtutum. [Gratitude] is not only the greatest, but is also the parent of all the other virtues. Marcus Tullius Cicero - Roman politician (106-43 B.C.), from his oratio "Pro Cn. Plancio" (54 B. C.), Quotations book 2020

Luxury is not the opposite of poverty. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - French Fashion designer and businesswoman (1883-1971), during an interview with Georg Stefan Troller in "Pariser Gespräche" (1968)

The more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be. Glosse, gloss on views of George Santayana - born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, Spanish-born American philosopher (1863-1952), could not be verified by experts at the Santayana Edition

You may be taller than me but then you have a bigger shadow. Wang Qishan – Chinese politician, since 2018 Vice President (b. 1948), in a dialogue with Professor Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum in Davos (24.01.2019)

The best stories start with courage. proverb - Quotations book 2019

It is madness to hate all roses because you got scratched with one thorn. To give up on your dreams because one didn"t come true. To give up on your effords because one has failed … There will be always another opportunity, another friend, another love, a new force. For every end there is always a new beginning. Meditation in accordance with the novel "The Little Prince" (1943) by Antoine de...

Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. Paul Klee - German painter (1879-1940), in "Creative Credo" (1920)

The opposite of beauty is not ugly. It"s "I don"t give a shit". Stefan Sagmeister - Austrian graphic desinger and typographer (b. 1962), at the "SCHØN" conference in the Augsburg house of prayer (June 2018)

1. Meditate daily on the teachings and life of Jesus. 2. Remember always that the nonviolent movement … seeks justice and reconciliation — not victory. 3. Walk and talk in the manner of love, for God is love. 4. Pray daily to be used by God in order that all men might be free. 5. Sacrifice personal wishes in order that all men might be free. 6. Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary...

Reconnaissance … est une vigilance de l’âme … contre les forces de dispersion intérieure. Gabriel Marcel - philosophe français, représentant de l"existentialisme chrétien (1889-1973), de "Le déclin de la sagesse" (1954) Gratitude … is a vigilance of the soul … against the inward forces of dispersal. Gabriel Marcel - French philosopher, representative of Christian existentialism (1889-1973),...

Platforms change – psychology doesn’t. Michael Fishman - American marketing expert and business consultant (b. 1960), Quotations book 2018