statement: Nie zbudujesz szczęścia na cudzym nieszczęściu
Request: A popular Polish saying meaning "You can't build happiness on someone else's misfortune." Sounds reasonable. What is the truth level of this statement?
Wisdom
"Life is hard so get used to it"
Request: Quote used by many people on how to success and to hustle in life and business.
"listen to your heart"
Calibration of the saying.
Be authentic but also be willing to apologize
On the topic of showing feelings.
"slow and steady wins the race"
"Persistent, consistent, and diligent progress, even if it is somewhat slow, will produce better results than rushing to get somewhere or achieve something, as the latter can result in mistakes or may prove unsustainable or unreliable" -- idioms.thefreedictionary.com.
"the way to a man's heart is through his stomach"
Request: I just had a delicious sandwich and wondered at what level this statement calibrates?
"one can only go as high as they have been low"
From "Transcending the Levels of Consciousness."
"Your room is an externalization of your mind"
From a video short (see here) with Jordan Peterson. Request: Should I clean up?
"One is responsible for the effort but not the results"
Request: A useful reminder to release the desire to control the future.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
Priority request: A quote attributed to Nietzche, of all people. It has become sort of a mantra for resilience in the face of adversity.
"The best predictor of someone's future behavior is their past behavior"
Request: I just heard this in an interview of Jordan Peterson by Piers Morgan.
"no good deed goes unpunished"
a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them -- wikipedia.
"fight fire with fire"
to use the same methods as someone else in order to defeat them -- request.
making a mountain out of a molehill
over-reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue -- wikipedia.
"What the thinker thinks, the prover proves"
"This idea is based on the fact that our senses filter what we see, hear, and taste based on our thinking. This can make illusions seem more believable, but they are still illusions, and are just thought, not reality" -- thefertilemind.net.