Truisms

The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. - Unknown

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms. - Norman Vincent Peale

A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. - Mahatma Gandhi

He that fights and runs away, may turn and fight another day; but he that is in battle slain, will never rise to fight again. - Cornelius Tacitus

Be careful what you wish for. There is a price – always! - Unknown

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. - Arthur Conan Doyle

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. - Robert Burton

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. - Jean de La Fontaine

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. - Thomas Fuller

Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm. - Donella A. Meadows

Time won’t make you forget, it will make you grow and understand things. - Unknown

Sometimes we feel all doors are closed in our lives. But all the closed doors may not be locked, they may be waiting for your knock. - Unknown

Thank you for dropping by. If you like the post, please give it a vote. Follow @quotes-haven if you like humour, reading / collecting quotes.
Cheers!

You might also like my previous posts: -

Enough is Enough
Food for Thought
Love is...
The Key to happiness

Have a look at - How Reading Inspirational Quotes Can Improve Your Life