Clxxviii Quotes & Sayings

The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there. — Ed Parker

Getting or giving anything is about social skills. The world is about being comfortable where you are and making people comfortable, and that's what social skills are — Penelope Trunk

Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress".
And the other oyster replied with a haughty complacence, "Praise be to the heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole within an without".
At that moment, a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to the one who was well and whole both within and without, "Yes, you are well and whole; but the pain that your neighbor bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty". — Kahlil Gibran

Treasure is stored in the ruined places.
Do not break the hearts of the poor and heartbroken people — Rumi

I think up to a point people's characters depend on the toilets they have to shut themselves up in every day. You get home from the office and you find the toilet green with mould, marshy: so you smash a plate of peas in the passage and you shut yourself in your room and scream. — Italo Calvino

Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood. — Risa Lavizzo-Mourey