Thoughts To Live by![]()
The greatest sin..............................Fear
The best day...................................Today
The biggest fool..............................One who will not go to school
The best town.................................Where you succeed
The most agreeable companion..............One who would not have you any different from
what you are
The great bore................................One who will not come to the point
A still greater bore..................One who keeps talking after he has made his point
The greatest deceiver.........................One who deceives himself
The greatest invention of the devil...........War
The greatest secret of production.............Saving waste
The best work.................................What you like
The best play.................................Work
The cheapest, most stupid, and easiest thing to do......Finding fault
The greatest comfort....................The knowledge that you have done your work well
The greatest mistake..........................Giving up
The most expensive indulgance.................Hate
The greatest trouble maker....................One who talks to much
The greatest stumbling block..................Egotism
The most ridiculous asset.....................False Pride
The worst bankrupt............................The soul that has lost its enthusiasm
The most dangerous person.....................The liar
The most disagreeable person..................The complainer
The meanest feeling of which any human being is capable........Feeling bad at another's
success
The cleverest man...........................One who always does what he thinks is right
The greatest need............Common sense
The greatest puzzle..........Life
The greatest mystery.........Death
The greatest thought.........God
The greatest thing bar none, in all the world...Love
I found this about 14 years ago, but it didn't have an author on it. I have always thought it pretty well summed up some of the
finer points to living. :o)But warm, eager, living life---to be rooted in
life---to learn, to desire to know, to feel, to
think, to act. That is what I want. And nothing
else. That is what I must try for.
--Katherine Mansfield
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