Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Quotable quotes: 2 Reader'Digest (1984)


Quotable quotes: 2 Reader'Digest (1984)




21. Great geniuses never make half-mistakes; They have the privilege of immensity in every sense of the word.
22. The wise in their attitude toward the world, has no predilections or prejudices.
 It is on the side that is right.
23. Words can be beautiful. Also the children, also the hopes.
24. For my father, manual labor was not only good and dignifying, he also used to say that it gave clarity to his thoughts.
25. When I run away, the more I start to stumble.
26. Humility is the etiquette demanded by the ceremonial for the audiences with God.
27. Some believe that discipline is a thankless task. For me it is a kind of order that gives freedom to fly.
28. Success has no secrets. Do you know any successful man who has not counted as a triumph?
29. What is memory? It is not a warehouse nor a trunk that keeps in the attic, but an instrument that constantly eliminates the past, turning it into an accessible and acceptable story for each one.
30. Lacking something that makes you feel important, is almost the greatest tragedy that can happen to the human being.
31. Those who think they do not have time to prejudice will sooner or later find time to hope.
32. The inhabitants of a planet without flowers would pass it without life; while we are always crazy to be happy to have so many things around us.
33. Always count failures bores to the one who counts them as the one who hears them.
34. Enthusiasts, for those who are not, always constitute a kind of mortification.
35. As long as the war is considered perverse, it will always have a certain fascination.
When it is considered vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
36. Someday you will verify, if what makes you an exceptional being, if at all you are; it is also inevitable that that will make you a lonely being
37. Every night I give my worries to God. After all, he always reproaches.
38. Many men are praised for their modesty and for their supposed shyness. When in fact, they are too proud to risk making a fool of themselves.
39. After 30 years the body has a will of its own.
40. Although it is very good to leave our traces in the sands of time, we must take care that they point towards the recommended direction.

With affection,
Rubén


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