Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
Fyodor DostoevskyRead
Right attitudes produces right action
Interpretation
Positive attitudes lead to positive actions.
The quote emphasizes the importance of having the right mindset or attitude, suggesting that our thoughts and beliefs directly influence our actions and behaviors. It highlights the idea that cultivating a positive or correct attitude is essential for achieving desired outcomes in life.
In practice
During a team meeting, to motivate colleagues about the importance of a positive approach towards ongoing projects.
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
What if, when this fog scatters and flies upward, the whole rotten, slimey city goes with it, rises with the fog and vanishes like smoke.
Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.
But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with such glee, it's for the sole reason that cutting heads off is the easiest thing, and having an idea is difficult!
...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall asleep on the withered bosom of their decrepit mother, and to sleep there for ever, only to escape the horrors that terrify them.
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, youβll always make the right decision.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet_x000D_ confinement of your aloneness_x000D_ to learn_x000D_ anything or anyone_x000D_ that does not bring you alive_x000D_ is too small for you.
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
Every person you meet has a lesson to teach, a story to tell and a dream to share.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.
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