Take an interest in aphorisms. Understand what they are saying and learn the underlying lesson/lessons in them. Apply them to life, and to your life. You will discover not only the wisdom, but also the beauty in words. Give the following a try.
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. - Joseph Addison
If I were to say, “God, why me?” about the bad things, then I should have said, “God, why me?” about the good things that happened in my life. - Arthur Ashe
Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. - Denis Waitley
It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. - Tony Robbins
The whole object of education is, or should be, to develop minds. - Sherwood Anderson
If anyone accepts my help who doesn’t need it, that’s his problem; if I refuse my help to anyone who needs it, that’s my problem. - Unknown
Joy and sorrow are inseparable… together they come and when one sits alone with you… remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. - Unknown
It’s not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted. - Marie O’Connor
Just as a solid rock remains unshaken by the wind, so too may blame and praise not ruffle the wise. - Bhuddaghosa
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honor De Balzac
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. - Cornelius Tacitus
How foolish is man! He ruins the present while worrying about the future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past! - Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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