"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."

-- Khalil Gibran

#Life Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Wisdom Quotes

“Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.”

Source : Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (2011). “Property is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology”, p.132, AK Press
“The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire . . . The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality.”
“The more things you own, the more people you need to employ.”
“Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.”
“Success is not necessarily determined by material possessions or accomplishments. You can enjoy success simply by reaching the point where you are perfectly content with your life in every respect and you feel no dissatisfaction or pressing need for anything else. In this sense, you can be a success sitting by yourself in a quiet place contemplating the world.”
“Know that TODAY, and each and everyday literally becomes the BEST day of your life, when YOU choose to see that it is. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, it only matters what's going on inside of you.”
“Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does.”
“Regrets came up and asked me if Iâ€™d like to own them. Declined them for the most part but took a few just so I wouldnâ€™t leave this relationship empty handed.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.214, Spiegel & Grau

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