"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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Source : "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

Confucius

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“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”
“Peace, like freedom, is no original state which existed from the start; we shall have to make it, in the truest sense of the word.”

Source : Willy Brandt (1971). “Peace: Writings and Speeches of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1971”
“To me, my style is comfortable.”
“Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.”
“That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.”
“I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.”
“Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the internal troubles that have vexed European States... have arisen from theological differences or from the rival claims of Church and State. This whole vast chapter of debate and strife has remained virtually unopened in the United States. There is no Established Church. All religious bodies are equal before the law, and unrecognized by the law, except as voluntary associations of private citizens.”
“When the voice of Christ speaks through the Word, then you will arise, and leave all, and follow Him.”

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