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🏺 Philosophy
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
James defines wisdom as the skill of selective attention and letting go.
“Doubt is the beginning of paralysis.”
— William James
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
“A maior arma contra o estresse é a nossa capacidade de escolher um pensamento sobre outro.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
— Baltasar Gracián
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
— Saint Augustine
“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.”
— Menander
“Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.”
— Hippocrates
“Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.”
— Unknown
“One who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
— Lao Tzu
“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us.”
— Marcel Proust
