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…just because you don’t understand something doesn’t mean it’s not the truth…

I would rather be wise and than right and ignorant.

Bowden Cable is the sort of honest and dependable operative that is the backbone of SpecOps. They never win commendations or medalsand the public has no knowledge of them at all. They are all worth ten of people like me.

Eden Phillpotts

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

No one, from pontiffs to professors, has a monopoly on the truth. In the end, we are all just travelers–not scientists or mystics or any one brand of thinker. By nature, we are scientists and mystics, reductionists and holists, left-brained and right-brained, mixed up creatures trying to catch an occasional glimpse of the truth. The best we can do is to be tolerant of both sides of our nature–knowing that these reflect the twin aspect of the universe–and learn from whatever wisdom is offered.

Reading all the quotes in the world won’t make you or me into Plato, Gandhi Or Einstein, just like watching hundreds games of soccer won’t make you a soccer player or taking a yoga class will make u a yogini, or reading a golf book will make you a golfer. We need to put the Knowledge to practice and that is the challenge. Put it to work for you, make the effort to Follow Through

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it’s the truth.

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

To hate others is ugly.To hate yourself is uglier.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Lynn Marie Sager

People are always complaining that life’s not fair, but that simply isn’t true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It’s just not centered on you.

…just because you don’t understand something doesn’t mean it’s not the truth…