Pope Tawadros II in Kiraza Magazine: Selection of Beautiful Sayings

[Mary Naeem]

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Editorial Article by H.H. Pope Tawadros II in Kiraza Magazine: Selection of Beautiful Sayings





● “We live in a time when if they hear good things about you, they hide it; if they hear bad things, they broadcast it; and if they don’t hear anything at all, they invent it” (Gibran Khalil Gibran).

● You must choose to search for joy every morning and not wait for it to come.

● Beauty should not be in the body but in the spirit.

● Happy people do not have everything but are content with anything.

● Your coffee gets cold if you ignore it. So, what about those you love?

● If we are not in the places we love, we are then strangers wherever we are.

● Those who fear the Lord, others do not fear them, nor do they fear for them.

● All voices are in my ears, except Your voice is in my heart.

● Goals are dreams that we turn into plans with practical steps to achieve them.

● No matter the circumstance, when we see roses, we smile.

● To live a happy life: do not brag, talk less, learn daily, help others, laugh more, and ignore nonsense.

● One of the highest types of spiritual leisure is having true pleasure in being alone with yourself. For he who is not at ease with himself cannot be at ease with anyone else.

● The most important rule for failure is to please all people.

● A noble goal cannot be achieved through corrupt means.

● Everyone disappears and only the creative ones remain.

● Arrogance comes to those who are aware of their shortcomings.

● Strong fences make good neighbors.

● Water remains water whether you serve it in cups of gold or pottery, so be like water. Do not be affected by superficial things, and be the jewel of your soul.

● Life taught me that a shock weakens you for a moment and strengthens you for a lifetime.

● A bad companion is like a mosquito; you only feel it after being bitten.

● No one talks bad behind your back except those who hate your success.

● Sometimes people do not understand you, not because you are difficult, but because you are simpler than they expect.

● Don’t stop until you become proud of yourself.

● Morals and decency are the elegant garment of the soul. Anyone who thinks that appearances make a person elegant is mistaken.

● A wise man asked a smoker to put out his cigarette in his clothes. The smoker said: “Am I crazy to burn my clothes?” The wise man replied calmly: “My friend, are your clothes more precious than your lungs?”

● I watered trees, and they yielded fruit, but I gave water to humans, and they rejected.

● Do not believe those who say, “Your secret is safe in a well” (Egyptian saying), because the well provides water for all the villagers.

● The strongest and most dangerous scream of a woman is her silence.

● If your morals do not elevate you, your office will not elevate you.

● My family taught me to speak, and people taught me to be silent. (Czech proverb)

● “Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind” (Robert Green Ingersoll).

● Obesity is more deadly than hunger. (German proverb)

● Whoever lends money to his friend loses both. (French proverb)