"Those serve who also stand and wait."
From "Discovery of the Presence of God," by David R. Hawkins
Quotes
"The captain goes down with the ship"
"a maritime tradition that a sea captain holds ultimate responsibility for both their ship and everyone embarked on it, and in an emergency will either save those on board or die trying" --wikipedia
"ignorance is bliss"
used to say that a person who does not know about a problem does not worry about it --merriam-webster.com
AA step 3: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
By request: "Doc referred to the 3rd step as being sufficient to reach (realize) enlightenment."
"Everything happens for a reason"
Calibration of the statement
"You can drive the devil out of your garden but you will find him again in the garden of your son"
Calibrates false, a quote attributed to Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (d.1827). By request.
“The deepest love and the highest truth are one and the exact same”
by request
"When we have compassion, pain dissolves into love."
Quote by Stephen Levine, by request.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
Iconic quote from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.
"justified" falsehood
A notch below the white lie at 190, it is the tipping point to rationalize any application of force.
"when there's a will there's a way"
From grammarist.com: "A proverb that means if someone is determined to do something, he will find a way to accomplish it regardless of obstacles".
"can't see the forest for the trees"
Wisdom of this saying, by request.
"Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world; through love alone they cease."
verse 5 of the Dhammapada, cal. 840 (TvF)
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right.”
Quote attributed to Henry Ford.
shalom
"a Hebrew word meaning peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye." --wikipedia