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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
- Morality
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Matthew (1611), Matthew 7:24–25 (KJV)In context
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Mark (1611), Mark 4:9 (KJV)In context
Go, and do thou likewise.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Luke (1611), Luke 10:37 (KJV)In context
- Advice
- Charity
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of Mark (1611), Mark 3:25 (KJV)In context
You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Stanford University commencement address (12 June 2005)
- Advice
- Motivation & Goals
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Commencement address at Stanford University (12 June 2005)
- Advice
- Courage
He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The Idler (1758–1760), No. 57 (19 May 1759)
- Risk
He who praises everybody praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Johnson’s Works (1787), vol. XI, p. 216
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.
Erica Jongborn 1942“Blood and Guts: The Tricky Problem of Being a Woman Writer in the Late Twentieth Century”
Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
Garrison Keillorborn 1942A Prairie Home Companion
- Age
We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond the senses.
Helen Keller1880–1968The Five-sensed World (1910)
- Courage
Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind.
Helen Keller1880–1968Three Days to See (1933)
- Advice
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
Robert F. Kennedy1925–1968“Conflict in Vietnam and at Home” speech at Kansas State University on March 18, 1968 as part of the Alfred M. Landon Lectures on Public Issues.