"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
Attributed to Beverly Sills. By request.
Wisdom
work smart, not hard
Hard work is at 200. Intellect is at 400.
"We don't lose our loved ones, we gain them"
Request: I feel closer to relatives after their death.
"believe in yourself"
Request: It seems belief is illusion and the separate self is as well, yet the statement feels empowering as one transcends what were previously thought to be limitations.
"by their fruits, ye shall know them"
"the character and nature of a person or thing can be judged by their actions and the results of those actions" -- brave AI.
"The less you want, the richer you are"
Priority request: This is a quote attributed to Yanni. It basically just suggests that the issue of lack is created by desire and is an illusion or a projection rather than a reality.
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”
Part of one's spiritual foundation and assuming responsibility for one's words.
"keep it light"
A positive context and philosophy for life that is protective of the mind spiraling into dark thoughts and moods, it is a way of being consistent with the spiritual admonition "don't go there" regarding under-200 subjective realities.
"Right is right even if no one is doing it..."
"Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it" -- St. Augustine.
"Faith without reason leads to superstition..."
"...Reason without faith leads to nihilism and relativism" -- Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Fides et ratio (Faith and Reason). Priority request.
"Every end is a new beginning"
Level at which this is experientially true and most relevant.
“If you have the choice between being right and being kind, choose being kind”
A quote attributed to Wayne Dyer.
"It doesn’t matter how you learn to do it, as long as you know how to do it"
Request: Heard this in a video and it helped lift me out of shame due to my lack of prestigious, socially recognised education degree in my field of work, despite over a decade of working experience in the field. Not implying that education is unimportant.
Falkland's Law
"If you don't have to make a decision about something, then don't decide" -- request.
how you judge others is how you will be judged
Which is why forgiveness is such a good idea.