"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Truth Quotes #Lying Quotes #Character Quotes

“Not everyone agrees the bears should be protected. Hunters, oil interests, even the state of Alaska has questions about the effects protection would have on oil and gas exploration and commercial shipping. But for many others, the bears are a symbol of a bigger crisis threatening the planet.”
“Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.”
“Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish.”
“Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.”

Source : "Cool-head Ted" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2002.
“When a problem arises, don't fight with it or try to deny it. Accept and acknowledge it. Be patient in seeking a solution or opening, and then fully commit yourself to the resolution you think advisable.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.50, Bantam
“The university is well structured, well tooled, to turn out people with all the sharp edges worn off, the well-rounded person. The university is well equipped to produce that sort of person, and this means that the best among the people who enter must for four years wander aimlessly much of the time questioning why they are on campus at all, doubting whether there is any point in what they are doing, and looking toward a very bleak existence afterward in a game in which all of the rules have been made up, which one cannot really amend.”

Source : "An End To History". Humanity magazine, www.historyisaweapon.com. December 1964.
“Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as the dancing mushroom. According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters met on a mountain trail, where they discovered a fruiting of maitake mushrooms emerging from the forest floor. Rejoicing at their discovery of this delicious mushroom, they danced to celebrate.”

Source : "Maitake: The Magnificent ‘Dancing’ Mushroom" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.
“The bad things you can see with one eye closed. But keep both eyes wide open for the little things. Little things mark the great dividing line between success and failure.”

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