"One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind."
Arousing the Wish to Work on Yourself
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Learning
It’s Never too Late to Experience Love
"Love should be a reality in your life, not just a poem, not just a dream. It has to be actualized. It is never too late to experience love for the first time. Learn to love. Very few people know how to love. They all know that love is needed, they all know that...
Becoming Mature
"We can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions."
Wisdom is True Knowledge
"Wisdom is true knowledge -- rather knowing than knowledge, because it has no full point to it. It goes on growing, it goes on flowing. The man of wisdom goes on learning; there never comes a stop. Don't be knowledgeable, be wise."
Lacking Alertness
"Even those who have much learning, Faith and willing perseverance Will become defiled by a (moral) fall Due to the mistake of lacking alertness."
Any Action is often Better than No Action
"Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing."
Learning without Thought
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
Save a Life
"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."
You Must Find Time for Reading
"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."
To Learn Something
"You cannot open a book without learning something."