“He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he indeed is an ascetic.” FineExerciseQuietFaultsChasteTranquillityApparel Book:The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata Source: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata
“Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is not sinful and that you are heartily seeking to do everything for God. Try as far as you can to do everything well, but when it is done, do not think about it. Try, rather, to think of what is to be done next. Go on simply in the Lord's way, and do not torment yourself. We ought to hate our faults, but with a quiet, calm hatred; not pettishly and anxiously.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsLittlesLongDoneHateNextLordGoes OnOughtQuietHatredFaultsCalmIllSeekingTormentDiscipleshipScrutinize Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse. To discover little faults has been always the particularity of such brains that are a little or not at all above the average. The superior ones keep quiet or say something against the whole and the great minds transform without blaming.” ShouldMindLittlesHas BeensWholeBrainQuietBlameFaultsAverageExcuseSuperiorsGreat Minds Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic and dates back to the hunter-gatherer societies, when the men had to be quiet as they hunted, lest they scare away the bison and then everyone starved to death and it was all their fault.” MenTogetherDifferencesHe ManTheoryQuietFaultsScareHuntersGet TogetherHuntedHunter GatherersBison Author:Jenna McCarthy
“The Law is not in fault, but our evil and wicked nature; even as a heap of lime is still and quiet until water is poured on it, but then it begins to smoke and burn, not from the fault of the water, but from the nature of the lime, which will not endure it.” StillsLawEvilWaterQuietFaultsEndureSmokeWickedLimes Author:Saint Augustine
“I'm sorry," she says. I wheel around. "You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not perfect either, and you act like it's my fault but it's not my fault for being quiet or your fault for being a know-it-all. It's not your problem or my problem; it's their problem. They're the demented ones, not us, so don't take it out on me, because the only thing that holds things together for me is having someone else on the Not Demented Team.” KnowsMeanSometimesProblemTogetherPerfectTeamQuietFaultsSorryWheelsRudeI'm SorryNot PerfectKnow It AllDementedBeing Quiet Author:John Green
“She was getting used to his rhythms and his moods, recognizing the quiet signals that telegraphed who he was. Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever. As she pulled into the driveway, she spotted Logan coming down the steps from the house, and she waved. She was his forever, too—imperfect as she was. Take it or leave it, she thought. She was who she was. As Logan walked toward her, he smiled as if reading her mind and opened his arms.” IfsMindUsedReadingHouseStepsForeverArmsQuietFaultsMoodRhythmImperfectSignalsRecognizingGood And BadDriveway Author:Nicholas Sparks