CITIZEN STUDIES – FIRST EVALUATION
1.
Look for information about the
authors of this quotations, and write why do you think that they are famous,
and why do you think that their thoughts and philosophy of life can inspire
other people.
2.
Translate to Spanish the
following quotations.
3.
Choose your five favourite
quotations and explain why.
INSPIRING
QUOTATIONS.
“The greatest glory in living
lies not in
never falling,
but in
rising every time we fall.”
“Don't raise your voice, improve
your argument."
“No one is born hating another
person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to
love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
“An eye for an eye will only
make the whole world blind.”
“This is my simple religion. No
need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own
heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
“One of the most surprising
things about our society is that many people sacrifice his health in order to
make money.
Then they
sacrifice money to recuperate his health. And then they are so anxious about
the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result is that they do not
live in the present or the future; they live as if they are never going to die,
and then die having never really lived.”
“Happiness is when what you
think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“Nobody can hurt me without my
permission.”
“God has no religion.”
“Earth provides enough to
satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
“The difference between genius
and stupidity is; genius has its limits.”
“Anyone who has never made a
mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if
you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life
believing that it is stupid.”
“A clever person solves a
problem. A wise person avoids it.”
“I have no special talents. I am
only passionately curious.”
“Care about what other people
think and you will always be their prisoner.”
“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering
yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly
rich.”
“Accomplish but do not boast,
accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without
grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”
“If you are depressed you are
living in the past.
If you are
anxious you are living in the future.
If you are
at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
