“It also happens to me that when I meet a clericalist, I suddenly become anti-clerical. Clericalism should not have anything to do with Christianity. St. Paul, who was the first to speak to the Gentiles, the pagans, to believers in other religions, was the first to teach us that.” ShouldFirstsHappensSpeakChristianityTeachBelieverPaganGentiles Author:Pope Francis
“There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.” FirstsMayReasonHappensMovingLiteratureSpeakUnderstandingPleasureTeachHigherFunctionMereAffectionSailOarRudders Book:Leaders in literature Source: Leaders in literature
“It is good to have a failure while you're young because it teaches you so much. For one thing it makes you aware that such a thing can happen to anybody, and once you've lived through the worst, you're never quite as vulnerable afterward.” HappensYoungTeachOne ThingWorstVulnerableNever Quit Author:Walt Disney
“Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option” WayGivingCharacterHappensFightingChanceAttitudeSituationTeachClearGiving UpToughEverydayFighterMmaRealisingAbout YourselfEveryday LifeTransfersToughnessGiving Up Is Not An OptionConciseMental ToughnessMentally Tough Author:Daniel Hudson
“Psychoanalysis teaches one thing, he thought: Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A single bad act can have all sorts of repercussions.” HappensTeachOne ThingVacuumsPsychoanalysisRepercussions Author:John Katzenbach
“Sometimes having no script, having no idea what is going to happen next, having no map, might be the way to go. Because life just happens, and when it does, how you handle it will teach you more about who you are than any class or test ever can. The best preparation for the rest of your life is, maybe, no preparation at all. Dive right in. Make mistakes. Break a few rules. Wing it.” WayDoeIdeasSometimesMightHappensLife IsNextMistakeClassTeachBreakTestsWho You AreWingsScriptsHandlePreparationNo IdeaMaking MistakesMapsRest Of Your Life Book:From What I Remember Source: From What I Remember
“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time.” YearsDoeHas BeensHappensFightingThreeCoursesEvilTermTeachHellBuddhismThousandAccidentsScriptureThousand YearsMessengersPriesthood Book:Musashi Source: Musashi
“The cloud which appeared to the prophet Ezekiel carried with it winds and storms, but it was environed with a golden circle, to teach us that the storms of afflictions, which happen to God's children, are encompassed with brightness and smiling felicity.” ChildrenHappensTeachWindCloudsStormCirclesGoldenProphetAfflictionBrightnessFelicityEzekiel Author:Nicolas Caussin