Quotes Turned The World

By John Martin Key

Before you is not just a book!
You can look at the world through the eyes of the most famous people in the world.
Discover new non – standard solutions to problems. Learn recipes for success without spending a lot of time. Creative inspiration for yourself and a valuable gift for your loved ones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Martin Key
• Release date: Feb 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781734572018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

Chapter 1

50 lessons from the life of great people

Chapter 2

50 laws of the Universe

Chapter 3

50 secrets about time

Chapter 4

50 secrets about man

Chapter 5

50 secrets about poverty

Chapter 6

50 secrets about idleness

Chapter 7

50 secrets of business

Chapter 8

50 secrets about the future

Chapter 9

50 secrets about money

Chapter 10

50 secrets about luck

Chapter 11

50 secrets about loneliness

Chapter 12

50 secrets about thought

Chapter 13

50 secrets about freedom

Chapter 14

50 secrets about the dream

Chapter 15

50 secrets about job

Chapter 16

50 secrets about choosing

Chapter 17

50 secrets about the power

Chapter 18

50 secrets about actions

Chapter 19

50 secrets of the hope

Chapter 20

50 secrets about success

Chapter 21

50 secrets about the goal

Chapter 22

50 secrets about character

Chapter 23

50 secrets about the personality

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.

– Dorothy L. Sayers

Before you is not just a book!

You can look at the world through the eyes of the most famous people in the world.

Discover new non – standard solutions to problems. Learn recipes for success without spending a lot of time. Creative inspiration for yourself and a valuable gift for your loved ones.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but not inner space.

We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. Time when technology can bring this letter to you, and time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.

Remember to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember to say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember to say, I love you to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for some day when that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

– George Carlin

Chapter 1

50 lessons from the life of great people

1. What is a comfort zone? Your death. Your cozy cocoon in which you are locked: you feel good, you like everything, you are slowly being covered with moss, but it is not even somehow frightening. This is your everyday ring: home-work-home with a booze bonus on Fridays. It's your sad shell of helplessness and powerlessness – just because you're so used to it. You will never find the strength to change anything: to stop a meaningless conversation, to quit a hated job, to get away from a pestered person, to try to do what you really like. No, you can't – you're afraid, you're tired, you're used to it. But the worst part is, you'll never understand that it's wrong, convincing yourself that everyone does it.

Yes, the ship is safer in the port. But it wasn't built for that.

– Parable

2. Offended? Go to the mirror and read aloud! I'm such an important turkey that I can't allow anyone to act according to their nature if I don't like it. I am such an important turkey that if someone said or did not do as I expected – I will punish him with my offense. Oh, let him see how important it is – my resentment, let him have it as a punishment for his transgression. I'm a very, very important turkey! I don't value my life. So I do not value my life, that I do not mind spending its precious time on offense. I'll give up a minute of joy, a minute of happiness, a minute of playfulness, I'd rather give this minute to my resentment. And I don't care what these frequent minutes add up to hours, and the hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. I do not feel sorry to spend years of my life in resentment – because I do not appreciate my life. I don't know how to look at myself. I'm vulnerable. I am so vulnerable that I have to protect my territory and respond with resentment to everyone who touched it. I'm going to put a sign on my forehead that says, Watch out, you evil dog, and just let someone try not to notice it! I am so poor that I cannot find in myself a drop of generosity – to forgive, a drop of self-irony – to laugh, a drop of generosity – not to notice, a drop of wisdom – not to catch, a drop of love – to accept. I'm a very, very important turkey!

– Osho

3. One day a man was walking past a house and saw an old woman in a rocking chair, next to her an old man was also rocking in a chair, reading a newspaper, and between them on the porch lay a dog and whimpered, as if in pain. Passing by, the person was surprised why the dog was whining. The next day he walked past the house again. He saw an elderly couple in rocking chairs and a dog lying between them, making the same plaintive sound.

Puzzled man promised himself that if the next day the dog whined, he would ask about it the elderly couple. On the third day, to his misfortune, he saw the same scene: the old woman was rocking in a chair, the old man was reading a newspaper, and the dog in its place was plaintively whining. And he couldn't stand it anymore.

– Excuse me, ma'am, he said to the old woman, what happened to your dog?

– With it? She asked again. It’s lying on a nail.

Confused by her answer, the man asked, If it's lying on a nail and she's in pain, why doesn't it just get up?

The old woman smiled and said a friendly, gentle voice, Then, my dear, it hurts enough to whine, but not enough to move.

This is true, we often whine about what we are tired of, that we need to change something, but apart from our whining we do nothing!

– Parable

4. At the age of 40 claws of the eagle are too long and flexible and it cannot grasp its prey. Its beak becomes too long and curved to allow it to eat. The feathers on the wings and the breast become too thick and heavy and interfere with flying. Now the eagle is faced with a choice: either death or a long and painful period of change, lasting 150 days. It flies to its nest, located on the top of the mountain, and there for a long time beats his beak on the rock, until the beak is broken and peels off. Then it waits until a new beak grows, with which it pulls out his claws. When new claws grow, the eagle pulls out its too heavy plumage on the chest and wings. And then, after 5 months of pain and suffering, with a new beak, claws and plumage, the eagle is reborn again and can live for another 30 years. Very often, in order to live, we have to change, sometimes this process is accompanied by pain, fear, doubts. We get rid of memories, habits and traditions of the past. Only liberation from the burden of the past allows us to live and enjoy the present and prepare ourselves for the future.

– Parable

5. When at work or at home, look around. Are all things important? May it be worth it to get rid of junk, leaving only what you really need? Resolutely remove all excess while there is a necessary minimum with which it will be comfortable for you to live and work.

Getting rid of unnecessary things is meaningless if you buy them again and again. It is important to enjoy life itself, the clothes are worth nothing, so reduce your demand. Get rid of the habit of buying whatever you want, and, over time, you will learn to acquire only the necessary things. And maybe even you can do without money at all.

How much food do you really need? Do you really need a big bowl of fried potatoes and stew? A full plate of dumplings with mayonnaise? All those pieces of cake? That huge mug of sweet coffee? Most often the answer is no. Do not stuff yourself with extra food, let the food be in demand by the body – nutritious, healthy and appropriate.

Do less. Do only meaningful work. Re-watch your scheduled tasks and highlight the ones that are really important. Make sure you're doing something worthwhile. Do not breed senseless activities.

Do you really need a hundred targets? Maybe it is better to cut a few or even just one? By focusing on less, you can work more efficiently.

If you're creating something, whether it's lyrics or music, software or clothing, think about how to do it as efficiently as possible. If you are working on a website, does it meet a specific goal, does it push the visitor to certain actions? Think over the purpose of the final product and rigidly adjust your activities so as to purposefully go to the result.

– William Strunk

6. The teacher took a glass of water and asked the students:

– How much do you think this glass weighs?

– About 200 grams, said the students.

– As you see, it weighs very little, said the master, and asked, What will happen if I hold this glass for a few minutes?

– Almost nothing will happen.

– What if I hold it like this for an hour?

– Our hand gets tired.

– What if I hold it for a few hours?

– Our hand will ache.

– Right. What if I keep the glass that way all day?

– Your hand will be numb, and even your hand may be paralyzed, said one of the disciples.

– Very well, continued the master, but has the weight of the glass changed?

– No. was the answer.

– Then where did the pain in your hand come from?

– From a long strain, said the disciple.

– What do I have to do to get rid of the pain?

– Lower the glass, came the reply.

The same happens with life problems. It's okay to keep them in your head for a few minutes. You think about them for hours – you start to feel pain. And if you think about them for days, it will start to paralyze you, and you will not be able to do anything else. And to get rid of the pain, you need to let the problem out of your head.

– Parable

7. My friend opened a drawer of his wife's dresser and took out a packet wrapped in silk paper. It wasn't just a bag, it was a bag of laundry. He threw away the bag and looked at the silk and lace.

I bought it for her the first time we were in New York. That was 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She wanted to keep it for a special occasion. And now I think that moment has come.

He went over to the bed and put the laundry with the other things he had taken from the funeral home. His wife died. When he turned to me, he said, Save nothing for a special occasion; every day you live is a special occasion.

I'm still thinking about those words, they changed my life. Today I read more and put things in order less.

I sit on the veranda and enjoy the view, ignoring the weed in the garden. I spend more time with my family and friends, and less at work. I realized that life is a collection of experiences worth appreciating.

And now I don't save anything else: I use my crystal glasses every day. If necessary, I put on my new jacket to go to the supermarket.

Also my favorite perfume I wear when I want, instead of wearing it only on holidays. Sentences, for example: once or one day, are banished from my vocabulary. If it's worth it, I want to see, hear and do things now and here.

I'm not quite sure what my friend's wife would do if she knew she wouldn't be there on that day. I think she would have called her family and close friends. Maybe she'd have called a couple of old friends to make up or apologize for an old fight. I really like the idea of her going to a restaurant. These are minor imperfections