“At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. The knapsack of custom falls off his back with the first step he makes into these precincts. Here is sanctity which shames our religions, and reality which discredits our heroes. Here we find Nature to be the circumstance which dwarfs every other circumstance, and judges like a god all men that come to her.” MenWorldFirstsRealityFallCitiesStepsWiseJudgingHeroCircumstancesShameFoolishForestsGatesCustomsFirst StepsSanctityDwarfsDiscredit Book:Essays and Lectures Source: Essays and Lectures
“First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.” FirstsChanceObjectsProduceCircumstancesEssentialsFoolishVarietyMeritFirst LoveChances AreProximity Book:Works Source: Works
“'Crowd folly', the tendency of humans, under some circumstances, to resemble lemmings, explains much foolish thinking of brilliant men and much foolish behavior - like investment management practices of many foundations represented here today. It is sad that today each institutional investor apparently fears most of all that its investment practices will be different from practices of the rest of the crowd.” ThinkingMenHumansDifferentTodayPracticeCircumstancesBehaviorManagementFoundationInvestmentCrowdsBrilliantFoolishTendenciesFollyInvestorsLemmingsInvestment Management Author:Charlie Munger
“We've been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn't mean if you're prepared things will be better ; it's going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war.” IfsMeanWarDifficultStupidPossibilityCircumstancesPreparedStrikesFoolishDifficult Circumstances Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It comes from knowing how foolish we were - vain, arrogant children - when we thought ourselves happy. It comes from knowing how fragile and doomed the old ways were, just when we thought them and ourselves, secure!. The pain comes from knowing we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again.” WayChildrenFactsPainLostUnderstandingKnowingCircumstancesSafeDeedsFoolishSecureVainFragileArrogantDoomedOld Ways Author:John Jakes
“Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister. No matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior, there is no significant division between us and other people. It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.” PeopleInspirationalNeedsFeelsDifferentMatterFacesDifferencesShareBrotherCircumstancesBehaviorDressesFoolishSignificantBuddhistDivisionIdentical Book:The Compassionate Life Source: The Compassionate Life