“Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.” FactsRealizingOur LivesDifficultyLife And DeathNo FearFear Of DeathHave No Fear Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome at once. To make progress is a kind of miner’s work; it doesn’t advance as quickly as one would like, and as others also expect, but as one stands before such a task, the basic necessities are patience and faithfulness. In fact, I do not think much about the difficulties, because if one thought of them too much one would get stunned or disturbed.” IfsThinkingWantKindFactsToo MuchProgressSourceTasksOvercomingDifficultyRemainsDisappointmentDrawingWorking ItFaithfulnessDisturbedStunnedMiners Book:Letters Source: Letters
“Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.” IfsKnowsFactsSuccessSpiritMemoriesCareersSuccessfulDifficultyHungrySufficientGiantsCrushOur MemoriesSuccessful Business Author:B. C. Forbes
“Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm. Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation - or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid.” KnowsPersonsDoeMadeFactsActionLife IsEnergyLosesCasesStupidCreaturesGainsDifficultyHarmExplanationDaily LifeAppetiteEmbarrassmentGood HealthCheerfulnessNobody KnowsImprobable Author:Carlo M. Cipolla
“By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn’t this way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers- all depending on what you’re looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer, then you’ll stop looking as soon as you find one.” IfsThinkingWayLifeMayPersonsFactsProblemLife IsAnswersTakenCollegeFineApproachTestsDifficultyAverageMathematicalAmbiguousExamAverage PersonRight AnswersQuizMathematical Problems Author:Roger von Oech
“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.” PeopleSoulFactsDifficultGrowthViewsAcceptingSuccessfulGreaterTeacherLessonsDeterminationDifficultyAdversityGuidesThis LifeAccomplishedDaringDifficult TimesLesson LearnedInner Growth Author:Barbara Rose
“You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday language, and which does not give rise to any difficulty when it is engaged in the rapid movement of an ordinary sentence becomes magically embarrassing, introduces a strange resistance, frustrates any effort at definition as soon as you take it out of circulation to examine it separately and look for its meaning after taking away its instantaneous function.” GivingLooksDoeFactsUseLanguageGivenEffortClearMovementStrangeOrdinaryFunctionDifficultyEverydayDefinitionsSentencesResistanceCuriousEngagedIntroducingEmbarrassingRapidsCirculationInstantaneous Author:Paul Valery