"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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COLLATED QUOTES LIFTED FROM LEARNING PETALS

Wise sayings that poke hard lessons - 

Quotes from Some Wise Thinkers:

1. True evil comes from someone who was once kind. ~Cesare Pavese

2. I don’t mind losing those who don’t want me, for I’ve lost those I wanted, and I’m still alive. -Karl May

3. One conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of studying books.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4. The corruption of justice leads to the downfall of nations. -Ibn Khaldun

5. If you want to conquer anxiety and start living, count your blessings instead of your troubles. -Dale Carnegie

6. If you want to fail, try to please everyone. -Erwin Rommel

7. No one harmed me except those I knew; may God bless everyone I don’t know! 
-Abu Al-Alaa Al-Ma’arri

8. This world crushes justice with disgrace every single day. -Ghassan Kanafani

9. If you see the lion's fangs bared, don’t assume the lion is smiling! -Al-Mutanabbi

10. To be honest is to be an enemy to all.
-Gibran Khalil Gibran

11. The first obstacle to an individual’s development is the family. -Leo Tolstoy

12. Increased awareness intensifies pain, and most sufferers of psychological depression are intellectuals. -Adel Sadeq

13. When you respect me well and treat me with courtesy, it’s not a feather in my cap; instead, you’ll be the crown on my head! -Ibrahim El-Fiky

14. You need to have wished for death to truly value life. -Winston Churchill

15. Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking solves every difficulty, and kindness in giving creates love. -Lao Tzu

16. I know no greater sin than oppressing an innocent person in the name of religion. -Mahatma Gandhi

17. Sadness is a psychological state that allows awareness to reflect on oneself and society. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

18. Often, the words you fear to say are the ones that most need to be spoken. -George Bernard Shaw

19. Try staying away from the internet for a while, and you’ll realize you missed nothing online, but a lot outside it—like your mothers aging unnoticed!
-Abdullah Al-Mughlooth

20. Life is hope; without hope, life is lost.
-Plato

21. A day without laughter is a day wasted!
-Charlie Chaplin

22. No one can ambush you except those who know your moves well. Don’t share your thoughts with anyone to reach your destination safely! -Htr

23. I will never respect the world as long as there’s a child with broken eyes.