One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
Interpretation
The direction we take in life is determined by our choices, not by external circumstances.
This quote emphasizes that while we may all face the same challenges and influences in life, it is ultimately our decisions—symbolized by the sails—that determine the path we follow. It suggests that personal agency and attitude play crucial roles in how we navigate our journeys.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
Sweep up the debris of decaying faith; _x000D_ Sweep down the cobwebs of worn-out out beliefs, _x000D_ And throw your soul wide open to the light of reason and of knowledge. _x000D_ Be not afraid _x000D_ To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole.
I am the voice of the voiceless; Through me the dumb shall speak. Till the deaf world's ears be made to hear. The wrongs of the wordless weak. And I am my brothers keeper, And I will fight his fights; And speak the words for beast and bird. Till the world shall set things right.
A weed is but an unloved flower.
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.
It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will let you know something gradually over the years. And in that word from God you will find the inner place from which to live your life. Solitude is where spiritual ministry begins. That's where Jesus listened to God. That's where we listen to God.
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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