Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself three times an hour? Do you wish to please a man who cannot please himself? Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Things stand outside us…”
Things stand outside us, themselves by themselves, neither knowing anything of themselves, nor expressing any judgment. What is it, then, which makes judgement about them? Your ruling faculty. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Buddha Quote – “As the great ocean has only one taste…”
As the great ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt, so my doctrine has only one flavor, the flavor of emancipation. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Buddha Quote – “The slanderer is like one who…”
The slanderer is like one who flings dust at another when the wind is contrary; the dust does but return on him who threw it. The virtuous man cannot be hurt and the misery that the other would inflict comes back on himself. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Buddha Quote – “Let no man think lightly of good…”
Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, “It will not benefit me.” As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise man becomes full of good, even though he collects it little by little. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “We are enslaved by the laws we set up…”
We are enslaved by the laws we set up for our protection, which have become our oppression. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Human life changes not from the alteration of external forms…”
Human life changes not from the alteration of external forms, but only from the internal work of each man upon himself. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Even the strongest current of water…”
Even the strongest current of water cannot add a drop to a cup which is already full. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Henri Amiel Quote – “The true critic strives for a clear vision…”
The true critic strives for a clear vision of things as they are… his effort is to get free from himself, so that he may in no way distort that which he wishes to understand or reproduce. His superiority to the common herd lies in this effort… He distrusts his own senses, he sifts his own impressions, by returning upon […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “The individual fears ridicule above all things…”
The individual fears ridicule above all things, and ridicule is the certain result of originality. No one, therefore, wishes to make a party of his own; everyone wishes to be on the side of all the world. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
