A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “It was but imagination…”
It was but imagination, yet imagination had all the terrors of reality; nay, it was worse, for the reality would have come and gone, and there an end, but in imagination it was always coming, and never went away. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Seneca Quote – “Let philosophy scrape off your own faults…”
Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion…”
Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, I with great truth catch mere simplicity; Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Time, force, and death…”
Time, force, and death, Do to this body what extremes you can; But the strong base and building of my love Is as the very centre of the earth, Drawing all things to it. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Henri Amiel Quote – “He who asks of life nothing but…”
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature, and a continuous good progress towards inner contentment and spiritual submission, is less likely than anyone else to miss and waste life. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “A cucumber is bitter? Throw it away…”
A cucumber is bitter? Throw it away. There are briars in the road? Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, “Why were such things made in the world?” Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Happiness is no other than…”
Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of the mind. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Henri Amiel Quote – “We are free only so far as we are not dupes…”
We are free only so far as we are not dupes of ourselves, our pretexts, our instincts, our temperament. We are freed by energy and the critical spirit — that is to say, by detachment of soul, by self-government. So that we are enslaved, but susceptible of freedom; we are bound, but capable of shaking off our bonds. Henri Amiel […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “He who floats with the current…”
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions — such a man is… a thing moved, instead of a living and moving being — an echo, not a voice. The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the […]
