Of Song Never Sung



Quality of a fool

Anger without Cause
Speech without profit
Trust in strangers
Inquiry without object
Change without Motive
Inability to tell the difference between friend and foe

The truth

There is a grain of truth in every lies.

Live for the Moment.

Our acts and thoughts and all must be determined by circumstances. Will when you may, for time and tide wait for no man. Do not live by certain fixed rules, except those that relate to the cardinal virtues. Nor let your will subscribe fixed conditions, for you may have to drink the water to-morrow which you cast away to-day. There be some so absurdly paradoxical that they expect all the circumstances of an action should bend to their eccentric whims and not vice versâ. The wise man knows that the very polestar of prudence lies in steering by the wind.

Share your troubles

You will never be all alone, even in dangers. Some think by their high position to carry off the whole glory of success, and have to bear the whole humiliation of defeat. In this way they have none to excuse them, none to share the blame. 
Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.

Know how to Appreciate

There is none who cannot teach somebody something. To know how to make use of every one is useful knowledge. Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good. 

The Lie

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity. Yet not all truths can be spoken: some for our own sake, others for the sake of others.

Have Knowledge

Without intelligence, either one's own or another's, true life is impossible. But many do not know that they do not know, and many think they know when they know nothing. Failings of the intelligence are incorrigible, since those who do not know, do not know themselves, and cannot therefore seek what they lack. Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. Thus it happens that though the oracles of wisdom are rare, they are rarely used. To seek advice does not lessen greatness or argue incapacity. On the contrary, to ask advice proves you well advised. Take counsel with reason it you do not wish to court defeat.

Be careful in Speaking.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Secrecy has some of the lustre of the divine. He who speaks lightly soon falls or fails.

Prize Intensity more than Extent.

Excellence resides in quality not in quantity. The best is always few and rare: much lowers value.

We are not born perfect.

Every day we develop our personality and our calling till we reach the highest point, to the full round of our accomplishments, of our excellences to be the complete man; wise in speech, prudent in act.

The purity of taste, the clearness of thought, the maturity of judgment, and the firmness of will.

Some never arrive at being complete; some is always awanting; some ripen late.

Thorn Bird

There was a bird who sang just once in its life.

From the moment it left its nest, it searched for a thorn tree.

and it never rested until it found one.

Then it began to sing more sweetly

than any other creature on the face of the earth.

And singing, it impaled its breast on the longest, sharpest thorn.

But as it was dying, it rose above its own agony

to out-sing the lark and the nightingale.

The thorn bird pays its life for that one song

and the whole world stills to listen

and God, in His heaven ~smiles.

As its best was bought only at the cost of great pain.

Driven to the thorn, with no knowledge of the dying to come.

Funny Sarcasm

Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese

Ham and eggs. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Oracle

Oracle: OK, now I'm supposed to say, "Hmm, that's interesting, but... " then you say...
Neo: ..."but what?"
Oracle: But... you already know what I'm going to tell you.
Neo: I'm not The One.
Oracle: Sorry, kid. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something.
Neo: What?
Oracle: Your next life, maybe. Who knows? That's the way these things go.

The spoon boy

Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.

Trinity

I know why you're here, Neo. I know what you've been doing... why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You're looking for him. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.

Morpheus

Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

Hmmm...

You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way. The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way.

Pay it forward

Dear Sir,

I received yours of the 15th Instant, and the Memorial it inclosed. The account they give of your situation grieves me. I send you herewith a Bill for Ten Louis d'ors. I do not pretend to give such a Sum; I only lend it to you.

When you shall return to your Country with a good Character, you cannot fail of getting into some Business, that will in time enable you to pay all your Debts. In that Case, when you meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity.

I hope it may thus go thro' many hands, before it meets with a Knave that will stop its Progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to afford much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning and make the most of a little.

With best wishes for the success of your Memorial, and your future prosperity, I am, dear Sir, your most obedient servant,

B. Franklin.

Pay it forward

We all complain, but most of us have it pretty easy. Sure, there are rough spots along the way. It happens to all of us. Why not help out someone who's going through a rough spot?

Do one little deed today to help someone- a loved one, a neighbor, a co-worker, or a complete stranger. Just one tiny gesture each day. If everyone did this, imagine the effect on the entire world.

Albert Camus say

Life is a sum of all your choices.

Stephen Covey say

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

William James say

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

Buddha say

Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Einstein say

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Goethe say

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Kahlil Gibran say

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Confucius say

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Denis Waitley say

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes are called EXPERIENCE.


If we learn from it, it may leads us to success...

Paul Coelho say

In this life we have to experience anything once because as Paul Coelho say


" People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves".