The question to ask ourselves; "Would you rather be right or would you rather have peace?" Some battles are worth fighting, and some are not. If being "right" is more important than having peace, and the cause doesn't evolve or enhance life, then we must ask ourselves; "why do I need to be right?" The question to ask in our own lives. At our work, within our homes and in our global community. Eileen Anglin
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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William Shakespeare
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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Paulo Coelho
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Aristotle
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
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Paulo Coelho
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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Confucius
More Quotes By Eileen Anglin
There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future.
Despite his money and his looks and all the good-on-paper attributes he possessed, he was not a reader, and, well, let's just say that is the sort of nonsense up with which we will not put.
The question to ask is what will satisfy you? What will bring you peace? And perhaps the answer to those is in asking yourself when you were last happy.
She remembered one of her boyfriends asking, offhandedly, how many books she read in a year. "A few hundred, " she said." How do you have the time?" he asked, gobsmacked. She narrowed her eyes and considered the array of potential answers in front of...
We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to...
