Words of Wisdom 19 (Jan 19 - Jun 19)

[winston]

“Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O’ that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t’ expel the winder’s flaw!”

- William Shakespeare

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“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.”

-- Winston Churchill

[winston]

“In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often”

- Cardinal Newman

[winston]

“Judge not, lest you be judged.”

-- Jesus

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“You look at the pimples of others when you yourselves are covered with a mass of sores.”

- Seneca

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“And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?”

- Jesus

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“Time and patience are the strongest warriors.”

-- Leo Tolstoy

[winston]

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

- Leo Tolstoy

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“No one saves us but ourselves / No one can and no one may.”

-- Buddha

[winston]

In spite of the ways in which technology can lure us into delusion, paying close attention to the mental and physical sensations that arise when using social media, can be an effective way to avoid becoming either overly attached or defensive regarding one’s virtual self.

—Chris Towery, “Social Media Dharma”