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Inspirational Quotes - Page 308

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Tammara Webber (2014). “Between the Lines: The Complete Series”, p.521, Tammara Webber

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles, Robert POTTER (Prebendary of Norwich.) (1813). “The Tragedier of Sophocles; Translated by R. Potter. A New Edition”, p.260

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

Quoted in Reader's Digest, Sept. 1949. According to Nigel Rees, Cassell's Humorous Quotations, the following appeared in Punch in 1924: " 'It took me nearly ten years to learn that I couldn't write.' 'I suppose you gave it up then?' 'Oh, no! By that time I had a reputation established.' " The issue referred to by Rees is 6 Feb., and the cartoonist is R. Curry.

The "end of a world" never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion

René Guénon (2001). “The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times”, p.279, Sophia Perennis

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

Oscar Wilde (2008). “SALOM: A TRAGEDY IN ONE ACT”, p.111, ReadHowYouWant.com

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.33, Oxford University Press, USA