“The positive is more powerful than the negative. The positive is innate. The negative indicates what is missing inside you. Light exists and its absence is darkness.”
— Unknown
“Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”
— Josh Billings
“Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.”
— An Wang
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
— The Buddha
“A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
— William James
“I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.”
— Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
“Don’t blame outside forces for a lack of motivation. Real motivation will always come from within.”
— Jon Gordon
“Q: Sometimes when I’m in the middle of a painful situation, I have the feeling that this is a good lesson for me that I will need in the future. How can I benefit from an experience when I’m feeling so badly?
Ans: The key here is to acknowledge that there is a valuable lesson when you’re feeling badly, because then you can redirect the energy. Acknowledge what is happening.”
— John-Roger