roderickordonez’s most recent Quotables

Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

If you shoot for the stars & hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

"We cannot become who we need to be by remaining who we are."