'Random' Wisdom: Musings and Quotes
- olivierbranford
- Nov 12, 2024
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 11
The best things in life aren't things. Truly. Here are some more musings...
The human condition
Marilyn Monroe on the human condition: “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as Hell don't deserve me at my best.” She was one of us; a human being.
It's hard not to like Albert Einstein's insolent quote “Two things are infinite: The Universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the Universe.”
'Heaven' and 'Hell' are experiences on this Earth in this lifetime. Mae West concurred, saying “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
On 'the crazy ones': Steve Jobs wrote “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
On reading and learning
This quote is so true “A room without books is like a body without a soul” (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
I love reading, but I can't help but love this Frank Zappa quote “So many books, so little time.”
Mahatma Gandhi said "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Philosophy
This quote by Mahatma Gandhi nails my whole philosophy “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Robert Frost totally gets it, saying “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.” This invocates the principles of the spiritual axiom "All is well."
Living from your authentic Self
Mark Twain reminds us of the beauty of living from our authentic Selves “If you tell the Truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
I love Oscar Wilde and have read all of his works several times. I love his quote
“Be your Self; everyone else is already taken.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Andre Gide said “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
Friendship
On friendship, Elbert Hubbard said “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” C. S. Lewis said “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself .” Albert Camus, the spiritual Existentialist expresses the nature of Deep Coaching as “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… Just be my friend.”
I always thought that this quote was from Dr Seuss, but apparently it's from Bernard M. Baruch, FDR's presidential advisor “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.” However, this one is from Dr Seuss for sure “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Maya Angelou said that “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Namaste.
Olly
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