wisdom

wisdom

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Dec 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

Dec 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

Dec 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

Dec 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Dec 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

Dec 06, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.