"How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being alive is the gift beyond measure."

-- Parker J. Palmer

#Gratitude Quotes #Winning Quotes #Competition Quotes

“Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.”
“I have always dressed somewhat well - not because I work at GQ - but because my wife is amazing at finding clothes that disguise my waistline.”
“Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.”
“I threw out all the bath water, and there was no baby there.”
“Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness.”
“Switching off perfection switched on the human quality”
“We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression, in the most simple, most exact, and best manner possible, is at the same time a language and an analytical method. The art of reasoning is nothing more than a language well arranged.”

Source : "Elements of Chemistry". Book by Antoine Lavoisier, 1790.
“Even with all that - excellent treatment, wonderful family and friends, supportive work environment - I did not make my illness public until relatively late in life, and that's because the stigma against mental illness is so powerful that I didn't feel safe with people knowing. If you hear nothing else today, please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics'. There are people with schizophrenia, and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker.”

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