The Project Wisdom

[Current Project] The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel (1866–1949) that was originally published as a 24-week correspondence course in 1912, and then in book form in 1916. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Og Mandino: "I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted."

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit."

Wendy Wasserstein: "No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone."

Elizabeth Aston: "The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment."

Jane Austen: "To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

Baruch Spinoza: "Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand."

Arnold Glasgow: "Make your life a mission - not an intermission."

Frank Herbert: "Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty."

Eckhart Tolle: "Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have."

Joseph Addison: "If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius."

Aesop: "Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."

Sir Winston Churchill: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

Peter McWilliams: "Resentment is anger directed at others--at what they did or did not do."

Robert J. Sawyer: "You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested."

Pearl Buck: "A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata: "Deal with the consequences of your actions, 'cause life ain't no video game."

Thich Nhat Hanh: "Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything."

Demosthenes: "Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."

Seneca: "Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment."

Mother Teresa: "If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway."