“If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire.” IfsWayMomentsWisdomDesireReligionAnswersDespairIntenseIslamicYou ChooseTimingDelayedIslamic WisdomSupplication Author:Ibn Ata Allah
“As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to imagine, it answers for the time very well as an explanation; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it also has had the disadvantage of effectually stopping the advance of science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion.” WellsMayIdeasScienceTermImaginationAnswersImagineRevolutionConfusionExplanationYou ChooseVagueCatastropheStoppingInquiryObscurityDisadvantagesInvolving Author:George Julius Poulett Scrope
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“What am I to choose? "Choose what you please, as long as you choose." There you have a foolish answer, which seems to be the outcome, however, of all Dogmatism, which will not allow us to be ignorant of that which we are ignorant.” LongSeemsAnswersIgnorancePleaseFoolishIgnorantOutcomesYou ChooseDogmatism Book:The Essays Source: The Essays
“There are certain things for which civilization has no answer. But if you choose to meddle thus, then you must be prepared to facethe consequences, whatever they are.” IfsCertainAnswersCivilizationConsequencePreparedYou ChooseBe Prepared Author:Jimmy Sangster