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Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Edmund Burke

15 Wednesday Sep 2021

Posted by Dave Gardner in Wisdom Wednesday

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Action, Edmund Burke, Evil, future, Hump Day, Parliament, past, Power, Wednesday, wisdom

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Edmund Burke

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Edmund Burke

You can never plan the future by the past.

Edmund Burke

To learn more about Edmund Burke, visit this Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke It is a fascinating read.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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condemnation, Imagination, Love, Mistakes, Power

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Carl Jung

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

Carl Jung

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

Carl Jung

A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.

Carl Jung

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Carl Jung

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Daily Quote

30 Sunday Apr 2017

Posted by Dave Gardner in Quotes

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Beauty, Happiness, Love, Power, trailblazer, Zhuangzi

“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” – Zhuangzi

“The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.” ― Zhuangzi

“A path is made by walking on it.” ― Zhuangzi

Hello, all!

I was feeling a little philosophical today, so I went out and dug up some quotes from Zhuangzi. I really enjoy some of the Chinese philosophers (Zhuangzi, Lao Tzu, Confucious). I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

The first is about having a “state of being”. You are either happy or you are not. If you are trying to be happy you will be trying forever.

The second quote has a few meanings for me. I think the most relevant is the importance of love and beauty over power.

The last makes me think about all of the trailblazers throughout our history, like Lewis and Clark, Emilia Earhart, or Marco Polo. The paths these people created, did not exist until they created them.

Have a great rest of your Sunday!!

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