“Some of you may ask, ?Is there a single ordinance to be dispensed with? Is there one of the commandments that God has enjoined upon the people, that he will excuse them from obeying?' Not one, no matter how trifling or small in our own estimation. No matter if we esteem them non-essential, or least or last of all the commandments of the house of God, we are under obligation to observe them.” PeopleIfsMayMatterLastsAsksHouseEssentialsExcuseObligationEsteemCommandmentsObeyingOrdinancesTriflingEstimationHouse Of God Author:Brigham Young
“A guru is one who tells you to throw away all the crutches that we have been made to believe are essential for our survival. He would ask you to walk, and he would say that if you fall, you will arise and walk.” IfsBelieveHas BeensMadeFallAsksWalksEssentialsSurvivalAriseGuruCrutches Author:U.G. Krishnamurti
“Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself what such and such an amusement leads to, as it is essential to have an objective in everything you do. Any pastime that contributes nothing to bodily strength or to mental alertness is a totally ridiculous, not to say, idiotic, pleasure.” ThinkingActionMotivationAsksPleasureHabitEssentialsConsequenceRidiculousObjectivesAmusementPastimeIdioticAlertnessThinking AheadAlertness Is Author:Lord Chesterfield
“What difference does it make how much there is laid away in a man's safe or in his barns, how many head of stock he grazes or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he has already. You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.” IfsMenFirstsPersonsDoeEnoughAsksInterestDifferencesWealthSafeLimitsEssentialsBarns Author:Seneca the Younger
“The notion that there is no basic value system is far more incoherent or invalid than the notion that there are essential values. Every religion can tell you it has basic values. You ask a Christian, most Christians would say love God and love your neighbor. Is that the entirety of Christianity? No one in his right mind would say it is.” MindChristianValuesAsksChristianityLove YouEssentialsAnd LoveNotionNeighborGod LoveEntiretyValue SystemsLove Your NeighborGod And Love Author:Dennis Prager
“Ultimately, we have to ask ourselves an essential spiritual and ethical question: Are we the kind of people who take everything for ourselves and leave nothing for others, or do the angels of our better nature still live? I believe the angels are still alive.” PeopleBelieveKindStillsSpiritualAsksI BelieveAliveEssentialsAngelEthicalEthical Questions Author:James Balog
“This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive. This is what it is to be human: to reach forever beyond your grasp. This is what it is to be human: to live forever or die trying. This is what it is to be human: to perpetually ask the unanswerable questions, in the hope that the asking of them will somehow hasten the day when they will be answered. This is what it is to be human: to strive in the face of the certainty of failure. This is what it is to be human: to persist.” TryingHumansActionFacesDiesAsksForeverEssentialsAskingStriveCertaintyExistentialPersistLive ForeverFutility Book:The Star Dancers Source: The Star Dancers
“The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.” PeopleWantAsksFatherCommunityResponsibilityPlansDivineEssentialsMajorityWorthyPlanningExplanationEnjoymentDay To DayAssuranceFlocksBackboneTrust Worthy Author:B. F. Skinner
“Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.” ThinkingDoeMadeMatterAsksFatherGamesSoundVoiceFiguresDemandEssentialsButterflyNew FriendsCaterpillarsLike A Butterfly Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“I can't say when you'll get love or how you'll find it or even promise you that you will. I can only say you are worthy of it and that it's never too much to ask for it and that it's not crazy to fear you'll never have it again, even though your fears are probably wrong. Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.” GivingLittlesI CanAsksLove IsToo MuchCrazyPromiseEssentialsValuableWorthyBest ThingsNutrientsValuable ThingsWrong Love Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There