Wit & Wisdom
From Eric Hoffer, Buddha, Henri Bergson, Walter Elliott, Helen Rowland, James Joyce, Nathaniel Hawthorne
“A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.”
Philosopher Eric Hoffer, quoted in The Huffington Post
“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
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Buddha, quoted in the Salt Lake City Deseret Morning News
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
Philosopher Henri Bergson, quoted in the Albany, N.Y., Times Union
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”
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Scottish politician Walter Elliott, quoted in the Montreal Gazette
“A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little ‘personal characteristics.’”
Journalist Helen Rowland, quoted in the Associated Press
“In the particular lies the universal.”
James Joyce, quoted in The Providence Journal-Bulletin
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, quoted in Ebony
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