I Have Learned

I have learned

• silence from the talkative
• tolerance from the intolerant and
• kindness from the unkind.

I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.
(Kahlil Gibran: Sand and Foam in One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 27 March)
27 January 2015

Value

Many who know the price of everything are ignorant of its value.

(Kahlil Gibran, Spiritual Sayings, p. 51)

7 January 2015

Election Day - 4 Nov 2014

Copyright - Jeff Parker

He brings disaster upon his nation who never sows a seed, or lays a brick, or weaves a garment, but makes politics his occupation.
(Kahlil Gibran)
4 November 2014

Is That All There Is?

... if this ends up to be all there is, wouldn't it be nice to enjoy it more? (Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 26 February)

... there is a great deal of carelessness, even with careful people, in regard to their thoughts. (Hannah Whitall Smith in A Gentle Spirit, 25 January)

I have learned

• silence from the talkative;
• tolerance from the intolerant and
• kindness from the unkind.

I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.
(Kahlil Gibran: Sand & Foam in One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 27 March)

Silence

"I have learned silence from the talkative; tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to those teachers." (Kahlil Gibran in Sand and Foam found in One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 27 March)

Silence sometimes is louder than speech. Know when to speak and when to be silent. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 333)

Occasionally refrain from expressing your opinion when someone else is expressing his, and see what that feels like. (after Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 217)

What makes you think, if I ask for your opinion, that I'll listen to it? (Richard E. Henthorn, 16 March 2011)

We need a reason to speak, but none to keep silent. (Pierre Nicole in The Book Of Choices by Mike Magee, M.D., p. 101)
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