Nihil ergo magis praestandum est, quam ne pecorum ritu sequamur antecedentium gregem, pergentes non quo eundum est, sed quo itur. Atqui nulla res nos maioribus malis implicat, quam quod ad rumorem componimur, optima rati ea, quae magno adsensu recepta sunt quodque exempla nobis multa sunt, nec ad rationem sed ad similitudinem vivimus.
(Folgen wir nicht, wie das Herdenvieh, der Schar der Vorangehenden! Wandern wir nicht, wo gegangen wird, anstatt auf dem Wege, den man gehen soll! Nichts bringt uns in größere Übel, als wenn wir uns nach dem Gerede der Leute richten, für das Beste halten, was allgemein angenommen wird, nicht nach Vernunftgründen, sondern nach Beispielen leben.)
My teacher used to say, "Stay in beginner's mind. Never leave beginner's mind," because in beginner's mind, the possibilities are infinite. They're open. Anything can happen. You're open to learn anything you need to learn. If your view of something needs to change, you're open for it to change. No matter how deeply you have seen something, no matter how much you think you know something, stay in beginner's mind. Don't get rigid. No matter how great a revelation you may have had, no matter how great an opening in the core and depth of your being, if you stay in innocence, in the mind that's very light, that never takes its ideas as truth, then there will be a much greater potential for your thoughts, as well as your communications with others, to be naturally inspired.
I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..
Love? It's kind of complicated, but I'll tell you this the second you're willing to make yourself miserable to make someone else happy, that's love right there.
But I know the rage that drives you. That impossible anger strangling the grief, until the memory of your loved one is just poison in your veins. And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed, so you'd be spared your pain.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark TwainDer Spruch darf mit Autorenangabe frei verwendet werden, da die urheberrechtliche Schutzfrist abgelaufen ist († 21. April 1910) Zur Autorenbiographie
Das schwerste Wort heißt nicht "Popocatépetl" wie der Berg in Mexiko und nicht "Chichicastenango" wie der Ort in Guatemala und nicht "Ouagadougou" wie die Stadt in Afrika. Das schwerste Wort heißt für viele: „Danke"
But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
