A Few Quotes Worth Pondering

These pithy sentences are well worth your time. I value short quotes that encapsulate wisdom (the modern equivalent of ‘proverbs’), and I’ve collected hundreds. These 13 are among the most thought-provoking. If you take the time to ponder them, each one can change the way that you live your life. Rather than providing my own commentary, I’ll leave you to consider them without comment.

> “You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.” (Seneca)

> “This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.” (Augustine of Hippo)

> “Trust and attention – these are the scarce items in a post-scarcity world.” (Seth Godin)

> “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” (C.S. Lewis)

> “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” (J. Krishnamurti)

> “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” (Mark Twain)

> “When a man stops believing in God, he doesn’t believe in nothing, he believes in anything.” (G.K. Chesterton)

> “For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.” (C.S. Lewis)

> “Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.” (Pascal)

> “Consider how precious a soul must be when both God and the devil are after it.” (Charles Spurgeon)

> “Cowards live for the sake of living, but for heroes, life is a weapon.” (N.D. Wilson)

> “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” (Richard Feynman)

> “Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” (C.S. Lewis)

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