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"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." — Booker T. Washington

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." — Booker T. Washington

https://www.threads.net/@cs.greeley/post/DHRrNw0u7bi?xmt=AQGzPvm7Jxs9qK2nuyi3aKKnXqUp3W0mVi0QRDlxiYV8Sw

https://www.threads.net/@cs.greeley/post/DHRrNw0u7bi?xmt=AQGzPvm7Jxs9qK2nuyi3aKKnXqUp3W0mVi0QRDlxiYV8Sw

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." — C.S.Lewis

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." — C.S.Lewis

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." — Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." — Thomas Jefferson

"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon Hill

"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon Hill

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." — Albert Einstein

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." — Albert Einstein

"In matters of style, swim wiith the current; in matter of principle, stand like a rock." — Thomas Jefferson

"In matters of style, swim wiith the current; in matter of principle, stand like a rock." — Thomas Jefferson

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Galilei

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Galilei

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”— Rabindranath Tagore

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
— Rabindranath Tagore

“When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top—credit for the good deed...

“When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top—credit for the good deed or a favor in return?” Marcus Aurelius

“The kindest way to put this is to say that we have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in...

“The kindest way to put this is to say that we have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms or in other gathering places and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war that we have made and assigned to that purpose.”

https://www.christiancentury.org/features/against-killing-children

“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”—...

“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”
— Anton Chekhov, “The Cherry Orchard”

Breast milk’s benefits are not limited to...

Breast milk’s benefits are not limited to babies
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/09/11/breast-milks-benefits-are-not-limited-to-babies
from The Economist

To age well, we must preserve the curiosity of our childhood, the aspirations of our teenage years, the sense of responsibility of adult...

To age well, we must preserve the curiosity of our childhood, the aspirations of our teenage years, the sense of responsibility of adult life and, in our later lives, try to draw out the experience of those earlier years.
--Edgar Morin, 2022

https://substack.com/@philosophors/note/c-62767277?r=8ee1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

https://substack.com/@philosophors/note/c-62767277?r=8ee1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

"Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the...

"Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have ever lived a more simple and more meager life than the poor."

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Economy

If life were to have a purpose, it is to relieve the suffering of others

If life were to have a purpose, it is to relieve the suffering of others

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men." — Pythagoras

"Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men." — Pythagoras