No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you, that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. The Technical World Magazine - Page 3281912Full view - About this book
| Julie Tallard Johnson - 2001 - 234 pages
...wholeness, we need to live creatively and open up fully to our intuition. Small Step Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. —Epictetus, ancient Greek Stoic philosopher Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy... | |
| Harvey Reese - 2002 - 244 pages
...quoting the first-century Roman philosopher Epictetus: No great thing is created suddenly, anymore than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me you desire a fig, I must first answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit,... | |
| Alan Wren - 2003 - 446 pages
...to its success? Who will do their 'day jobs' when this is happening? SEE ALSO Programme or Project? 'No great thing is created suddenly, any more than...Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.' Epicetus. first-century Greek philosopher AZ 204 How many plans are you likely to need at any particular... | |
| 2003 - 180 pages
...moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. Robert Schuller 768. No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of...first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus 769. Our patience will achieve more than our force. Edmund Burke People 770. All the people like us... | |
| Everett L. Worthington Jr. - 2009 - 276 pages
...that others can get an idea of the benefits of journaling? H: Hold On to Forgiveness Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. 1 answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. EPICTETUS... | |
| Lynn A. Robinson - 2004 - 228 pages
...philosopher Epictetus shared his version of the wisdom of taking small steps when he said, "Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes...you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, than bear fruit, then ripen." Be gentle with yourself as you create change in your life. Let yourself... | |
| Toni Sciarra Poynter - 2004 - 178 pages
...your flaws. Use its elasticity as a model for self-acceptance. Live IL Don't Watch It No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. lf you tell me that you desire a fig, l answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then... | |
| 2004 - 516 pages
...preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoidrng hurry. — Arnold Bennett Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes...blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. — Epictetus Every day should be passed as it were our last. — Publilius Syrus Be intent upon the perfection of... | |
| Richard Zera - 2005 - 316 pages
...people will refer to years from now when they say "in the good old days...". Time wounds all heels. No great thing is created suddenly, any more than...I answer you that there must be time. Let it first bloom, then bear fruit, then ripen. — Epictetus, c. AD 60 Our lives are either spent in doing nothing... | |
| Vera Kaikobad - 2006 - 338 pages
...Katie Couric. Love and the 8 Male Ruler: Saturn Temperament: Cool, Patient & Responsible "No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of...blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. " " Epictetus The mystical planet Saturn is connected to the poorest of the poor, as well as some of the world's... | |
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