Daily Wisdom

[nightelfbuilder]

"The door is always open, so feel free to leave!"

 

[deepstrasz]

"If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

That doesn't work generally, but only for negative aspects.

Also, do not double post please. And if you are not the one to conceptualize those quotes, please mention who made them.

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“Kafka's fiction examines a universe largely unexplored in the literature preceding him, one full of implications that venture into the remote regions of human psychology. It's a universe with different rules than those governing our reality. And there's no map.”

 

[pyf]

"Find your own ferret." - pyf

Spoiler

Kindergarten Cop - Wikipedia
Ferret - Wikipedia

 

[Championfighter25]

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going" - Sam Levenson

"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you" - Denis Waitley

"Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying" - Kevin Feige

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" - Confucius

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" - Thomas Edison

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

if you can't be strong, fake it

 

[deepstrasz]

if you can't be strong, fake it

 

[Championfighter25]

''Don't look for miracles. You yourself are the miracle'' - Henry Miller

''Too many people undervalue what they are, and overvalue what they are not'' - Author Unknown

''Life isn't always flowers, but life is always precious'' - Author Unknown

''We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will'' - Chuck Palahniuk

''Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact'' - William James

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Sun Tzu: 'Never back your enemy into a corner, for men fight fiercely when they see no way out'

I'm loosely quoting of course, but his idea was that you surround the enemy but leave an escape route which you booby trap like heck!

Which is funny when you consider he claims to be leaving them a way out


Sun Tzu: 'The Emperor is an idiot, the virtues easily goaded out, the stubborn surrounded, the arrogant quick to attack, and the meek always in submission.'

Again I'm loosely quoting because hell I'm not going to google it when memory serves with a poor reflection that works anyway.

Here he was saying that as a commander you can't be the Emperor, or rather you don't want the Emperor around because he is an idiot when it comes to war. You can't have a kind hearted person because the enemy can use that against them. You can't have a stubborn person, who sticks to his tactics even when they don't work, because they will soon find themselves surrounded. You can't have an arrogant person because they are hot headed and react rather then come up with proper strategies before attack. Finally you can't have a placid general because they will retreat, or be afraid of attacking.

Like like Tzu

Tzu(a quote I remember): "When outnumbered retreat to higher ground, if higher ground isn't available then retreat to familiar ground"

Tzu(another quote I remember): "High ground easy to defend and hard to retreat from"

 

[pyf]

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Wikipedia

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[Championfighter25]

''I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth'' - Doug Hutchison

''A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life'' - Charles Darwin

''You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way'' - Walter Hagen

''Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well'' - Germany Kent

 

[pyf]

Spoiler: Don't cheat, try to guess first

My Name Is Nobody - Wikipedia

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[PROXY]

Keep the lights in your heart burning and the world will never go dark.

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

the threat of death is the only reason why we choose to live

 

[Zombie]

“There is no possibility I have made a mistake. Everything that happens as a result of my actions is one of calculation and certainty. Everything happening is exactly what I predicted.”
~Adolf Hitler.

"Hitler did nothing wrong" - Deepstrasz

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[Championfighter25]

''Was it a bad day? Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day'' - Author Unknown

''Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength'' - Corrie Boom

''On particularly rough days i like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100 % and that's pretty good'' - Author Unknown

''Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later'' - Bob Goff

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[Championfighter25]

''The secret of health is not to mourn the past or worry about the future, but to live in the present moment wisely'' - Buddha

''You may have a million desires to be in other places, doing other things, but you are not there, you are here'' - Zen proverb

''Sometimes when things are falling apart they may actually be falling into place'' - Author Unknown

''The person who loves you is not the person who sees you every day, but the person who looks for you every day'' - Author Unknown

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

the one that knows nothing, believes he knows a lot

the one that knows a lot, knows he knows nothing

which one is better off?

ignorance is bliss

....

is it better to die by the hands of a friend or an enemy?

'better the poison you know, then the one you never expected'

 

[deepstrasz]

is it better to die by the hands of a friend or an enemy?

'better the poison you know, then the one you never expected'

What does it matter? The result is the same.

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[Zombie]

 

[deepstrasz]

“Isn't it grand, isn't it good, that language has only one word for everything we associate with love - from utter sanctity to the most fleshly lust? The result is perfect clarity in ambiguity, for love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even at its most fleshly. Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Championfighter25]

''Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground'' - Theodore Roosevelt

''The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday'' - Author Unknown

''A man who flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it'' - Sador from the book Children of Húrin

''There is no elevator to success — you have to take the stairs'' - Author Unknown

''Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway'' - Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[deepstrasz]

“The fact is that everyone is much too busily preoccupied with himself to be able to form a serious opinion about another person. The indolent world is all too ready to treat any man with whatever degree of respect corresponds to his own self-confidence.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Mr. Gameplay Knowledge]

Why are we still here?just to suffer.

 

[deepstrasz]

“Travelers prove their lack of education if they make fun of the customs and values of their hosts, and the qualities that do a person honour are many and varied.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[redwing.asingaurd]

You might feel like you wish things were not how they are, but "that is not for you to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."
~Gandalf

 

[deepstrasz]

 

[Mr. Gameplay Knowledge]

What has been seen cannot be unseen.
What has been done cannot be undone.
It doesn't know the wae!Spit on him!
~Knowledge

 

[Championfighter25]

''The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it'' - Author Unknown

''Hurting someone can be as easy as throwing a stone in the sea. But do you have any idea how deep that stone can go'' - Author Unknown

''Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also make music'' - Author Unknown

''Dating with no intent to marry is like going to the grocery store with no money. You either leave unhappy or take something that isn't yours'' - Jefferson Bethke

''One lie is enough to question all truths'' - Author Unknown

 

[deepstrasz]

''Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also make music'' -

Ha. The black keys are actually those who help make the major chords which leads to happy music.

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“It is probably better that the world knows only the result, not the conditions under which it was achieved; because knowledge of the artist’s sources of inspiration might bewilder them, drive them away and in that way nullify the effect of the excellent work.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Unregret]

Just stop it. Get some help.

 

[deepstrasz]

Just stop it. Get some help.

It's not OK to be ignorant, no.

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“One could say that someone who does nothing but wait is like a glutton whose digestive system processes great masses of food without extracting any useful nourishment."
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Unregret]

It's not OK to be ignorant, no.

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“One could say that someone who does nothing but wait is like a glutton whose digestive system processes great masses of food without extracting any useful nourishment."
~Thomas Mann.

I'm just messing around.

 

[Championfighter25]

Just stop it. Get some help.

Are we quoting Michael Jordan?

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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it" - Author Unknown

"I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense" - Harold Kushner

"The secret to life is to love who you are - warts and all" - David DeNotaris

"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses" -Joyce Brothers

 

[deepstrasz]

“rather babble away and at least partially express something difficult than reproduce impeccable clichés”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[chobibo]

“If you do not want to write, at least spit on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and send it to me. You are not taking any notice of me at all. God forgive you – all I wanted was a few words from you.”
~ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

[Championfighter25]

''Death is a cherry, that ripens without us'' - Georgi Gospodinov

''One should not and cannot live only for himself'' - Dimitar Talev

''Without wanting to, you kill someone somewhere. Without suspicion, you take someone's breath away. Without indending to, you push him away with your elbow or stare. Without realising it, you hurt him with a smile, with a gesture, with silence. Do you know where, to whom do your words ricochet into?'' - Blaga Dimitrova

''The heart without an ideal is a desert'' - Pencho Slaveykov

 

[pyf]

Once Upon a Time in the West - Wikipedia

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

always complain
always grip
always dispute

in this way no one will every point out all your flaws and eventually they will forget you ever had any as you become a god

 

[deepstrasz]

“you must know that we poets cannot take the path of Beauty unless Eros joins us and sets himself up as our guide; indeed, though we may be heroes after our fashion and virtuous warriors, we are nevertheless like women, for passion is our exaltation, and our longing must remain love-that is our bless and our shame.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Championfighter25]

"Over thinking ruins you. It ruins the situation. It twists things around. It makes you worry. It just makes everything worse than it actually is" - Author Unknown

"Sometimes sitting down and doing nothing is the best something you can do" - Karen Salmansohn

"Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right " - Author Unknown

"Each day you only have a limited amount of time and energy. Don't waste it stressing about things you cannot control" - Karen Salmansohn

"Your thoughts are a steering wheel. Watch where you aim them" - Karen Salmansohn

 

[deepstrasz]

"Listen to this. I know a banker, grey-haired business man, who has a gift for writing stories. He employs this gift in his idle hours, and some of his stories are of the first rank. But despiteI say despite-this excellent gift his withers are by no means unwrung: on the contrary, he has had to serve a prison sentence, on anything but trifling grounds. Yes, it was actually first in prison that he became conscious of his gift, and his experiences as a convict are the main theme in all his works. One might be rash enough to conclude that a man has to be at home in some kind of jail in order to become a poet.”
~Thomas Mann.

 

[Championfighter25]

"Be strict, but first and foremost to yourself" - Boris Drangov

"Work calmly, clearly, reasonably and just as calmly when danger is near" - Boris Drangov

"Censorship is the most helpless means of a dictatorship. It publishes that someone is afraid of their power" - Stefan Tanev

"The dumber the person, the smarter he thinks he is" - Stefan Tanev

 

[deepstrasz]

“You have never spent any time in theatrical circles, have you? So you do not know those thespian faces that can embody the features of a Julius Caesar, a Goethe and a Beethoven all in one, but whose owners, the moment they open their mouths, prove to be the most miserable ninnies under the sun.”
~Thomas Mann.