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Letter "E" » equanimity
«There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and manage a smile.»
«Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
| Keywords:
bordering, equanimity, exhibition, International, proposal, proposals, San
«Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Prejudice
| Keywords:
differ, differed, environment, equanimity, expressing, opinions, People Express, prejudices, social
«Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.»
Author: Carl Gustav Jung
(Founder, Psychologist)
| About:
Happiness,
Sadness
| Keywords:
balanced, come along, equanimity, for good measure, Happy Life, sadness, The Word, with patience
«If there is love, there is hope to have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost, if you continue to see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education you have, no matter how much material progress is made, only suffering and confusion will ensue.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
brotherhood, confusion, ensue, ensued, ensues, ensuing, equanimity, families, material
«Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bear, equanimity, misfortunes, philosophy, teaches
«Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime»
Author: Samuel Butler
| About:
Adversity
| Keywords:
arrived, degrees, equanimity, set down, supportable
«Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.»
Author: Seneca
| Keywords:
deprived, endured, equanimity, higher power, lowest, misfortune, vicissitude, vicissitudes
«Anything that helps you maintain unruffled equanimity is right action.»
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