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The secret of happiness? Enjoy small pleasures. —SAMUEL SMILES

All that I know about God brings me to the following conclusion: all that He did for us were the best things possible. —After RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Spiritual effort and the joy that comes from understanding life go hand in hand like physical exertion and rest. Without physical exertion, there is no joy in rest; without spiritual effort, there can be no joyful understanding of life. —Tolstoy

Nothing can make a person’s soul softer than the understanding of his own blame, and nothing can make one harder than the desire always to be right. —After the TALMUD

If you notice someone in error, then correct this person and his mistake in a humble way. If he does not listen to you, blame yourself only; or, even better, do not blame anybody, but continue to be humble. —MARCUS AURELIUS

If sometimes you feel that in spite of all your wishes to gain triumph over your passions, they gain victory over you, do not think that you cannot conquer them at all. You have only proven that you weren’t able to this one time. A good groom does not drop his reins when he cannot stop his horses at once but tries again to pull the reins, and eventually the horses stop...” —Tolstoy

Listen and be attentive, but do not speak too much; and when you are asked a question, answer briefly. Do not be ashamed to accept that sometimes you do not know an answer to what you were asked. Do not get into an argument just for the sake of argument; and do not boast. —SUFI WISDOM

Those who fear people do not fear God; those who fear God do not fear people. —Tolstoy

Individuals die, but the wisdom they have obtained in their lives does not die with them. Mankind keeps all this wisdom, and a person uses the wisdom of those who lived before him. —Tolstoy

Look at all of your knowledge as a gift, as a means of helping other people. A strong and wise person uses his gifts to support other people. —JOHN RUSKIN