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Have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat, and see how many follow you in times of peace.

Having the upper hand isn't too bad in all respects.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand. He that gives good counsel and example, builds with both. But he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. It may not be so bad. There is also room for good example and awkward admonition. It can work out well. - Cf. Francis Bacon

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man. - Mencius

He who shuts his lips in great luck can be esteemed as a man of understanding. - Cf. Proverbs 17:28

Heaven's highway does not exclude great worldly success in Buddhism and Sanatan Dharma.

Home, a long-lasting earthly establishment.

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti. - H. L. Mencken

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I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy. - Bertrand Russell, Icarus, or the Future of Science, 1925

I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time. - Carl Jung

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. - Rudyard Kipling

If role-playing, you may carry a hidden load. Try for better company, if so. The crucial thing is how far or how much simply being yourself is counteracted.

If the "ground" of learning and experiences is not firm, don't make up your mind firmly, but keep some reserve - or an open-ended, tentative approach could be fit.

If there are reasons to be undecided or unsure of something, keep conclusions about it hovering. That is a fair way of dealing proficiently with things that are not clear-cut.

If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning." - Carl Rogers [Home learning is good for many]

If you catch fish, you're a fisherman. - American proverb

If you have no role to play, you can't be brittle.

If you live well, try sound discretion. It often helps.

If you must ask, try at least to do it nobly and with boldness. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

If you research or study things, you may not go ahead and earn much money.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either. - Dick Cavett, 1936

In a Sicilian fairy tale we are told how some folks progress by letting gullible ones have a wrong faith in rich people, and then the snowballs start rolling. It is one several fairy tale "success recipes" of a sort. - Example from Sicily

In affectionate relationships one tries to avoid overt and covert manipulation and manifests things without a tinge of bitterness.

In deserts, owning and protecting a good well is dear. In the water, finding dry land could be dear too.

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity." - Richard Baxter (1615-91)

In order to preserve sanity, quite a lot of sleep is needed, even though some are short sleepers, others are long sleepers, some are owls and others larks.

In studying the Zen way, realising full well can be hard.

Internet matters are hardly substantial enough to be really long-lasting, like books.

Is it a good sort of civilization that starts each day to the sound of alarm clocks?

It could be a main mistake to judge the artist mainly by his clothes and the book wholly by its cover.

It is a Buddhist teaching to avoid the company of fools. Who are they if "It is a fool who cannot hide his wisdom (Proverb)"?

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein

It is good to stick to fair assets and advocate what promotes life.

It is more important for the patient to understand than for the analyst's theoretical expectations to be satisfied. - Carl G. Jung

It is not wise if everybody on earth seeks to exploit nature; but it is a prevalent attitude, most regrettably.

It might be good to see higher knowledge and wisdom in performing everyday tasks well.

It often shows up that expert teachings are boiled down to something like proverbs. In such cases, sayings sum up a small heap of experience in a few words by more or less artistic summaries.

It pays to be careful about details and messmates.

It takes a long time to become young. - Pablo Picasso

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. - Buddha

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Keep proficient enough to make it; living on earth is favoured by it.

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Learning is not compulsory . . . neither is survival. - W. Edwards Deming

Life - a succession of lessons, and some of them to be understood.

Life and strength come from the heart outwards.

Life can't be without nightly sleep and sound rest, after all. - [On sound sleep].

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about. - Rollo May

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping. - Jean Cocteau

Look before you leap, for snakes among sweet flowers creep. - Proverbial

Luck can be of many sorts and yields benefits. Let no one fool you from the benefits.

Luck is hardly had by pretences.