Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.
Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
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I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
When you seek love with all your heart you shall find its echo in the universe.
Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
Great wisdom is generous, petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech in cantankerous.
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.