Ethel Percy Andrus quotes
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“Human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.”
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“What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.”
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“Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.”
-- Ethel Percy AndrusSource : Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”
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“There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which takes in at one end and lets out at the other; the strainer, which permits the wine to pass out and retains the lees; and the sieve, which separates the bran from the fine flour.”
-- Ethel Percy AndrusSource : Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”
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“We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you.”
-- Ethel Percy AndrusSource : Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”
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“It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.”
-- Ethel Percy AndrusSource : "The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus".
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“People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.”
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“I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.”
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“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
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Source : Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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