Listed below are some “words to live by”, as Master Gagel would say. They are not in any particular order, but, they may be of some use to you, at some time or another. I would like to mention that the Words To Live By came about due to Master Gagel and Master Petkovic’s desire to have a page with sayings that may help in some small way.
Fear is irrelevant-Albin Gagel
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced-Kierkegaard
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having-Henry Miller
Reality has not inside, outside, or middle part-Bodhidharma
Do every act of your life as if it were your last-Marcus Aurelius
Imagination is more important than knowledge-Albert Einstein
Life eludes logic-Andre Gide
It takes a long time to understand nothing-Edward Dahlberg
All know the way; few actually walk it-Bodhidharma
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop-Confucius
The no-mind not thinks no thoughts about no-things-Buddha
As long as nobody dies; everything can be fixed-Auguste Gagel
Free yourself of fear-Confucius
There is nothing useless in nature; not even uselessness itself-Montaigne
All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop-Kabir
How dieth the wise man? As the fool-Ecclesiastes, 2:16
Think enough and you won’t know anything-Kenneth Patchen
The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it-Stanley Kubrick
Action should culminate in wisdom-Bhagavad Gita
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step-Chinese proverb
Every thing is of the nature of no thing-Parmenides
When you seek it, you will not find it-Zen maxim
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadows-Aesop
The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see-Huang Po
You can’t catch the wind-Amber Verge
A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable-Anonymous
We have two ears and one tongue that we may hear more and speak less-Diogenes
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know-Cicero
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done-Longfellow
It is not every question that deserves an answer-Syrus
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it-Voltaire
I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude-Thoreau
Tact-the ability to describe others as they see themselves-Abraham Lincoln
The greatest remedy for anger is delay-Lucius Senaca
Learn as though you were going to live forever; live as though you were going to die tomorrow-Mahatma Ghandi
Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong-John Diefenbaker
Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student-George Iles
Keep your face to the sunshine and all the shadows fall behind-Helen Keller
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own-Benjamin Disraeli
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept-Arab proverb
One is not finished when he is defeated; he is finished when he quits-Richard Nixon
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount-Clare Booth Luce
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage-Robert Louis Stevenson
It’s harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting-Chinese proverb
Among the attributes of god, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice-Cervants
A fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind, and won’t change the subject-Allen Fotheringham
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody-it saves so much trouble-Rudyard Kipling
