Wednesday 20 March 2024

Words To Live By

Aphorisms motivate and inspire because they teach a philosophical or moral truth which is relevant to our experiences in life. The relevance is what makes them fascinating and interesting.

Have a look at today’s selection of truisms. Keep a record of the ones that resonate with you so that you can refer to them in your time of need.

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective. - Walter Lippmann

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Friedrich Nietzsche

There is a moment of conception and a moment of birth, but between them there is a long period of gestation. - Jonas Salk

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. - Buddha

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut. - Maxwell Maltz

Just because something is tradition does not make it right. - Unknown

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit. - Desiderius Erasmus

When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. - Viktor Frankl

For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. - Emil Cioran

He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance. - Lin Po

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. - Randolph S. Bourne

Mathematics may not teach us how to add happiness or how to minus sadness, but it does teach one important thing – every problem has a solution. - Unknown

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