We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
Interpretation
A person's wisdom can be understood through their ability to maintain hope in difficult situations.
Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that hope is a key indicator of wisdom. When individuals possess a sense of hope, they demonstrate insight into the future and a belief in the possibility of positive outcomes, reflecting their understanding of life's complexities and uncertainties. Thus, hope can be seen as a guiding force that informs wise decisions and perspectives.
In practice
During a motivational speech, when discussing the importance of maintaining positivity amid challenges.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy.
Integrity means there is not a real-life you and an internet you. The two are one and the same. If you're not kind on the Internet, you're not kind.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
Oneβs objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem wonβt improve with age.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.
I must try to be alone for part of each year...and part of each day...in order to keep my core, my center...Women must be still as the axis of a wheel in the midst of her activities. She must be the pioneer of achieving this stillness, not only for her own salvation, but for the salvation of family life, of society, perhaps even of our civilization.
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