“Confidences are always risky: a secret entrusted to a stranger make him less of one. You've given away something of yourself, given him the advantage.” GivenSecretAdvantageStranger Book:The Post-office Girl Source: The Post-office Girl
“it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.” SecretAdvantageExcellenceEnvyAdmirationCherishIndulgePersonal Happiness Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“We shall never want to serve God in our real and secret hearts if He looms in our subconscious mind as an arbitrary Dictator or a Spoil-sport, or as one who takes advantage of His position to make us poor mortals feel guilty and afraid. We have not only to be impressed by the "size" and unlimited power of God, we have to be moved to genuine admiration, respect, and affection, if we are ever to worship Him.” IfsWantFeelsMindHeartRealSportsPoorSecretPositionWorshipAdvantageMovedSizeAffectionGenuineGuiltyMortalsAdmirationDictatorServing GodImpressedSubconsciousUnlimitedArbitrarySpoilPower Of GodSubconscious MindUnlimited Power Book:Your God is too small Source: Your God is too small
“Friends never cheat on each other, or take advantage, or lie. Friends do not spy on one another, yet they have no secrets. Friends glory in each other's successes and are downcast by the failures. Friends minister to each other, nurse each other. Friends give to each other, worry about each other, stand always ready to help. Perfect friendship is rarely achieved, but at its height it is an ecstasy.” GivingHelpingLyingPerfectSecretWorryReadyGloryAdvantageMinistersHeightEcstasyNurseCheatSpyNever CheatPerfect Friendship Author:Stephen Ambrose
“The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions; the trick to living alone up here, away from all agitating entanglements, allurements, and expectations, apart especially from one's own intensity, is to organize the silence, to think of its mountaintop plenitude as capital, silence as wealth exponentially increasing. The encircling silence as your chosen source of advantage and your only intimate.” PeopleThinkingWorldPainWealthSecretSilenceSourceExpectationsAdvantageTricksChosenIntimateDelusionStringsIntensityMinimumOrganizeEntanglementLiving AlonePlenitude Book:The Human Stain: A Novel Source: The Human Stain: A Novel
“We must learn to do more with temptation than just bear it - we must learn to use it. The secret of using temptation, and turning it to our advantage, is one of life's greatest secrets. Once we have learned it we are unbeatable and unbreakable.” UseSecretBearsAdvantageTemptationUnbreakableUnbeatable Author:Selwyn Hughes