The simple things
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
three methods
“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.” ― Confucious
intelligence
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein
Socrates
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Socrates
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy” ― Ludwig van Beethoven
the divine
“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven
Simple
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” ― Steve Jobs.
woman
“...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
an instrument of God
“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
exploration
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” ― Ansel Adams
life well
“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
Water
“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.” ― Lao Zi
prepared path
“God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
St Pope John Paul II
“A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.” ― St Pope John Paul II
Come after me
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Jezu Ufam Tobie
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my secret
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
The most beautiful things
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
a few caterpillars
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
at the sky at night
“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
blushes
“When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
in the same direction
“Love consists of not looking each other in the eye, but of looking outwardly in the same direction.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey
endless sea
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
the stars are set alight in heaven
“I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince