Truisms

Today’s selection of Truisms. Enjoy!

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential to the eye. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book. - Unknown

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; for everything you gain, you lose something else. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities. - Magdeleine Sable

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. - John F Kennedy

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. - Marcus Aurelius

The past is like yesterday’s newspaper … no matter how many times you look at it, nothing is going to change. - Unknown

Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say. - Matthew Trump

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. - William Penn

Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface. - Confucius

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