Time, which is the author of authors.
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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.
In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Don’t make yourself miserable with what is to come or not to come.
The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.
Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.
There is only one time that is important—now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now.