1001 smartest things ever said

1001 smartest things ever said 1001 smartest things ever said

by Steven D Price

If you want people to think you are wise, agree with them :)

Blessed is the man who can laugh at himself

Do not judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once

Unsuccessful search 4 a Buddha quote - on page 65

Here it is:

Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from your childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analyzed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it.

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones

The true test of character

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful

I love the man that can smile in trouble

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it ...

Dance as if no one is watching

Fear less, hope more ...

Whole section on proverbs

Google recommends this as a similar search

More wisdom from proverbs

If you haven't had enuf - you could search this site in the authors box

Even that is NOT the end :)

Have patience with your imperfections - also get a bunch of 'random' quotes

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one

A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you've forgotten it

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire

Kind words do not cost much

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer

What it is 2 succeed

Quote about wisdom from Herman Hesse

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Quotes from Yes Minister - i really enjoyed this series!

Look up friend at this site too! - turns up MORE quotes than you can poke a stick at!

Here is a sample -

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love

No man can be called friendless when he has God and the companionship of good books

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself

To laugh often and much to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children

To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you

What about adversity & friendship

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain

A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out

You can always tell a real friend when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job

The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness

Thoreau has a bit 2 say on the subject

A true friend knows your weaknesses

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us

That's not QUITE all of them :)

Great quote about peace & the serenity of the soul

Here's one about developing idiosyncrasies :)

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself

Now back 2 the actual book -

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes

If there is anything we wish to change in the child

Mistakes are the portals for discovery

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains

Much more 2 follow ... hopefully ...

Some other quotes sites:

Pearls of Wisdom - one HUGE site - includes a Native American section

Some quotes about compassion

Wisdom from Kahlil Gibran - love the random features at this site!

Quote garden is another excellent site

Eckhart Tolle is one of my favourite authors

More Buddhist quotes - includes Brainy Quote which is huge!

Some thoughts about happiness

How 2 awaken true love

Another excellent quotes collection

Philosophical thoughts

Beliefnet is another huge site!

Quotes from Shakespeare

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you

Mother's Day quotes

Another old page of mine :)

Wisdom of our ancestors - looks a great site!

All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind

Watch out for unpleasant emotions - You don't need to become hostile just because the other person is, or just because their ideas are in conflict with yours

Quotes about the self

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love

Chinese proverbs

Huge collection of quotes! - plus some great humour pages

The Dalai Lama on the benefits of a tamed mind

Continuing the theme

How about a little more

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else

You should always speak and do things with mindfulness of loving-kindness

Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us

Compassion compels us reach out to all living beings

Tips 4 living in the present moment

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders

Leads us 2 a familiar site!

Nice collection of quotes

Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms

The mind should be a vastness like the sky. Mental events should be allowed to disperse like clouds.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

From an earlier site

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer

Funny quotes - and a few from the Dalai Lama & others. Plus some famous blunders :)

Speaking of which

A friend is someone who knows you as you are, understands where you've been, accepts what you've become and still gently invites you to grow

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness

Random quotes from a variety of collections

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder

Quotes from Wayne Dyer

Deep Thoughts

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world

The nature of happiness

Words of wisdom - worth waitin 4 it 2 load!

We do tend 2 reserve our kindest thoughts 4 those who agree with us & who are MOST like us :)

Quote from Pema Chodron:

If we feel distress, embarassment or anger we think we've really blown it. Yet feeling emotional upheaval is not a spiritual faux pas; it's the place where the warrior learns compassion. It's where we learn to stop struggling with ourselves. It's only when we can dwell in these places that scare us that equanimity becomes unshakeable.

Continuing the theme

Compassion is not a luxury

Leads us to interesting collection of quotes on happiness

Trans4mind has a good selection also

Brilliant quotes - includes 'It's good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me'

Those who have children can become masters of patience, endurance, and steadfastness, because children will test you at every turn. The way to make our children patient and loving is to be that way ourselves.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe

Huge page of quotes about life - check out their topics page - it's very comprehensive!

Also check out their Rainer Maria Rilke page

Inspirational quotes - many were new 2 me!

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, to be understood and touched by them

Leads us to this page

Quotes about God - includes a few proverbs

God cannot be confined within the covers of a leather-bound book

You cannot describe him using your human intelligence

The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature

Another of my favourite writers

I keep returning 2 this site - a section about thought

Quotes from TV shows - like MASH & Frasier & heaps of others ...

Every human has four endowments

When things go wrong ...

More quotes about courage

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us

Let go of your attachment to being right

Funny proverbs

This search tosses up a few worthy sites

Leads us 2 this collection sorted by topics

Rearrange quotes in an amusing way

You leave old habits behind by the light of peppermint cucumber sausage-paste butter

Comes from this effort

You never get the Goo-Goose is fun to wink and the light of sour gooseberry jam!

Quotes about the meaning of life

How 2 make this a better world

The way to happiness -- keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much

When I cannot find contentment in myself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere

Apple Seeds - quite an archive of thoughts - only clicked ona couple sofar

Thoughts about contenetment

If you cannot find happiness along the road, you will not find it at the end of the road

Leads us here

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher

Comedian Steven Wright's view on things :)

one of which leads us 2 this page of cartoons & quotes

May you have enough happiness

Thoughts about happiness

What kids have 2 say

Reminds me of this cute little book

What about compassion

Tagore quotes - quite a few!

Many quotes at this Buddhist forum

This thread is even bigger

Another thread about karma & favourite poems or songs

How could I forget the Chopra forum :)

Is it page65? - has heart & soul & ricketts & loads from goodstuff :)

Update June 2010 -

Note - even more in goodstuff - search 4 'quot' - think! as if ...

FOUND their index page to quotes - huge!

But! this is non-Buddhist quotes - could Google dozens of them!

Hmmm ... seems the quotes are naturally when the address has quote in it. So some of the following are distinct from that lot ... argh

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/Meditations/index.html

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/mind.html

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/depression.html

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/mind-mindstream.htm

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/meditation.htm

http://viewonbuddhism.org/anger.html

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/mindfulness.htm

http://viewonbuddhism.org/resources/quotes.html

http://viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/dharma-buddha-teachings.htm

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/meditation_practice.html

http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/immeasurables.html

http://viewonbuddhism.org/compassion.html

http://www.rexsy.com/cosmic_wisdom

http://www.sapphyr.net/largegems/index.htm

http://www.4lifeselfhelp.com/articles/Quotes_on_Meditation_and_Relaxation.html

http://www.taegozen.net/Inspirational_Quotes.html

http://www.poetseers.org/quotes/quotes_meditation/

http://www.wow4u.com/imagination/index.html

http://www.retls.com/Content/Quotes.htm

http://allspirit.co.uk/quotations.html

http://www.joyofquotes.com/kindness_quotes.html

http://www.deism.com/einstein.htm

http://www.shortquotes.net/index.htm

http://www.soulgroup.co.za/quotes.php

http://www.highonlife1.com/buddha_wisdom.htm

http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/lists/qutopl.htm

http://www.livinglifefully.com/contentment.htm

More from that site in goodstuff?

http://www.selfgrowth.com/quote.html

http://www.gardendigest.com/cheer.htm

http://www.consciouslivingfoundation.org/quotationsOnCompassion.htm

As if that isn't MORE than enuf ...

http://www.attractionsaga.com/quotes-newage-spiritual.html

http://grjallen.fortunecity.com/allah.htm

http://grjallen.esmartdesign.com/meaning.htm

http://www.freewebs.com/grjallen/quote45.htm

One-liners & jokes

http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagorequotes.html

http://www.dailyinspiringquotes.net/compassion.htm

http://www.quotegarden.com/kindness.html

The benefits of a tamed mind

http://www.great-quotes.com/love_quotes.htm

Quotes from the movies

http://www.sapphyr.net/buddhist/buddhist-quotes.htm

http://www.bodybreathbeing.com/inspiration.html

http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/happiness/

http://www.quotegarden.com/children.html

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/9074.Thich_Nhat_Hanh

http://www.hopetriumphant.com/love_quotes.htm

Thoughts on love

Also points 2 some of the OLD forum :)

Good collection I compiled a while back

More Buddhist quotes - from quote of the moment

Huge bunch of quotes about forgiveness & life in general

Quotes about compassion - could google a few :)

Some Jung

Leads us 2 this collection

No one is in control of your happiness but you

Deep thoughts - several other categories are listed!

Heap of quotes about mindfulness

Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit

Centre 4 inner peace has some great quotes from a variety of people

What is true happiness (according 2 the Dalai Lama)

Huge page of quotes!

Thoughts about loving-kindness

Advice on cherishing all beings

Quotes from the Dalai Lama - and quite a few other categories!

That site is searchable - leads me here :)

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager'

Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts

We all indulge in the strange, pleasant process called thinking

Funny quotes about love

Mad quotes

Quotes about god consciousness

A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are

Continuing the theme :)

How about one from Edgar Allen Poe

How about a few from the Oxford book of quotations -

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on

Quote from a classic kids book :)

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them

A few from Ogden Nash ...

General search

Thoughts about the importance of imagination

Click here too

Great advice on feeling superior

Zen stories and MANY other pages!

Quotes & poems site that looks interesting

Spiritual quotes from some masters

More about unconditional love

Quotes from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - esp the one about dogmas & fanatics

On a similar theme

Random quotes - not a bad selection so far!

A well-lived life is one which is resolved to remain open to novel possibilities and callings

A few more happiness quotes - froma trip 2 the library one cold winter's day :)

Movie quotes

Thoughts about life

What 2 do about anger - and many other topics

Love what this writer has 2 say

More about visualisation

Here's a page listing alternative search engines - can toss up sites Google misses!

Love thy neighbour as thy self

Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within

Gandhi quote about seeing only the good in all religions

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened

Learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life

In societies where men are truly confident of their onw worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued

There is more difference within the sexes than between them

Great advice about anger & patience

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.

Further thoughts about happiness - could google several :)

Quote from Einstein

From 1001 Pearls of Buddhist wisdom - see number 109 & 110 of this thread :)

Some quotes about the phenomenon we call love

Words to Inspire, Intrigue, Guide, or Meditate upon

A man's heart away from nature becomes hard; lack of respect for growing, living things soon leads to a lack of respect for humans too

A willingness to laugh at itself is what distinguishes a compassionate religion from a cult

The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted

Life is a mystery

Quotes about embracing change

Sing your own song

Eckhart's thoughts on living in the present moment

Quote from one of my favourite authors

Leads us 2 a big collection of spiritual quotes

I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once

Quotes about life & a bunch of other topix :)

More wisdom from Mr Tolle - quite a few pages at that site!

Yet another site with a huge list of quote categories

Some pearls about joy includes a section from you-know-who :)

More can be found in my journal

Superb list of 'seed' thoughts about meditation

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart

Courage is the power 2 let go of the familiar - I think Emily would definitely agree!

Leads us 2 this which continues the theme

Great collection of search engines etc

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