Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.
Interpretation
Engage with others who are pursuing meaningful activities and share the truths you discover.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being actively involved in a community of individuals who are dedicated to worthwhile pursuits. By remaining open to new experiences and insights, and by expressing what you have learned, you contribute valuable knowledge to the world, which appreciates authenticity and genuine experiences.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech to encourage teamwork and community involvement.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Genius: the ability to prolong one's childhood.
As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
When you feel perpetually unmotivated, you start questioning your existence in an unhealthy way; everything becomes a pseudo intellectual question you have no interest in responding whatsoever. This whole process becomes your very skin and it does not merely affect you; it actually defines you. So, you see yourself as a shadowy figure unworthy of developing interest, unworthy of wondering about the world - profoundly unworthy in every sense and deeply absent in your very presence.
You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.
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