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— Sufi Saying

Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates.
At the first gate, ask yourself ‘Is it true?’
At the second gate ask, ‘Is it necessary?’
At the third gate ask, ‘Is it kind?’

“This leaves men confused and unable to pigeonhole you. What they are forced to do instead is… take you seriously.”

i may not be the smartest

i may not be the smartest one or a genius student but i'll never stop trying to beat myself in wisdom and knowledge

Bruce Lee

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Philosophically speaking...

Permission can be granted but it must never be taken for granted.

simba and nala

I think the world should take account into this scene

― Pittacus Lore

“He who doesn’t understand history 

is doomed to repeat it.”

— Amanda Helm - Ten things I learned before I turned twenty

1. When your friends ask you to hangout, and you don’t feel like it, don’t go. Don’t ever do things halfway or do something that makes you uncomfortable. With everything, give all of yourself, even the pieces you never knew existed.

2. It is okay to not know. Everyone always despises the phrase, “I don’t know” but no one tells you that it is okay to not know. The becoming is more important than the being, anyways.

3. If someone ever makes you feel less, in any way, you have every right to walk away. You have every right to cut out toxic people in your life. To close the door on people who make you feel bad about who you are or what you stand for. Friends don’t tear down, they build up.

4. Loss is always going to happen. Just like paint will always chip and rain will always fall, loss will always be part of life. No matter how much I don’t like it, or avoid it, it is going to walk my way at several times in my life. Learn to embrace it and learn to get closure.

5. Give yourself a chance. Stop saying, “I don’t think I can” or “But what if I am not able to?” and give yourself a chance. This may be cliche, but try to believe in yourself. When you get older, your knees won’t work the same and you won’t have the best memory, and you are going to wish you’d given yourself a chance years sooner.

6. Fall in love. Don’t be guarded before you fall in love. You could fall in love three times and still not find the right one, but none of it is going to make “the one” matter less. Don’t fall into that idea that your first love has to be your best love. Fall in love as many times as it naturally happens.

7. Firsts are going to be messy. First loves, first kisses, first dates, first failed tests, first college class, first time you drive a car, first time you ride a plane - first times were made to be imperfect. Just because it’s messy and all over the place, doesn’t mean it can’t be good or worthwhile.

8. You want another scoop of ice-cream? Go get it. Get three more scoops of ice-cream if that is what you want. “Fat” is not the opposite of beautiful and it is not the opposite of happy. Don’t let anyone tell you that your body type isn’t beautiful. Beauty is a social construct, create your own, become your own.

9. Let yourself be alone. Loneliness is not a bad thing. It is healthy and normal. Everyone needs to spend a good portion of their life alone. We learn who we are when we are alone; life is less crowded and more clear when we are alone.

10. If you aren’t happy where you are, change it. Quit your job, move, become a vegetarian, get a new hobby, pick up an old hobby, whatever you do - make sure it benefits you. Life is too short to not be alive, to not be passionate, and overflowing.

Hatsumi Soke

"To learn martial arts, you need people. Martial arts cannot be learned through watching videos and training solo, you must connect with another person to learn, what we do is actually a study of humanness. So through your training, you will actually come to understand your humanity.

This is an extremely important, especially in this age of the internet, where people can get everything without physical contact with others. As a result, we will actually have many people forgetting their humanity, and thus, the meaning of life itself.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”

— a high school teacher’s list of 100 wisest words

I think this list is a good one. Most of them are forgotten because of the way we live nowadays. Hopefully some are holding onto the HV approach of life.


1. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs is not one of them.

2. Never cancel dinner plans by text message.

3. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it.

4. If a street performer makes you stop walking, you owe him a buck.

shh...

Sometimes there's no answer better 

than no answer.

 Remaining silent is wise sometimes.

Certainty and friends.

— Unknown

“You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when we’re ready to see it.”

- Ryu

Never rush anything.
Allow your body to grow.
Let your mind develop.
Cultivate your character.
Nurture your spirit.
Soften up your heart.
True progress will come.

It is not the wound that teaches, but the healing.

the beginning of wisdom.

Admitting that you don't know is the beginning of wisdom.

The Brown Things

A very old and wise man once told his friend:

Look carefully at the room we’re sitting in and try to remember all of the things of brown color

There weren’t many brown things in the room and the friend quickly accomplished the task. But then the old wise man asked him the following:

And now close your eyes and list all the things… of blue color.

Confused, the friend said:

I haven’t seen anything blue because, as you asked, I was only memorizing brown things!

The wise man answered:

Open your eyes and look around – there are many many things of blue color in the room.

This was absolutely true.

The old man continued:

If you only look for brown things in the room, and in your life you are only looking for bad things, then you will only be seeing them, noticing them, and remembering them. They will become major actors in your life. Remember: if you’re constantly looking for bad things, you will always find them and you will never see the better, brighter and happier things in your life.

“How heavy is this glass of water?”

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?”