Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory. James Allen (1864 – 1912)
George Eliot Quote – “Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out…”
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. George Eliot (1819 – 1880)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “And think not you can direct the course of love…”
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “We know a lot about being in the wrong or right place externally…”
We know a lot about being in the wrong or right place externally, in space, but very little about being in the wrong or right place internally, in ourselves — and the latter is far more important. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
George MacDonald Quote – “That which is within a man…”
That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him. George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)
Upanishads Quote – “From unreality lead me to the real…”
From unreality lead me to the real, from darkness to the light, from death to immortality. Upanishads (circa 800 – 200 B.C.E.)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Most miserable is the desire that’s glorious…”
Most miserable Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, Which seasons comfort. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Come, come, and sit you down; you shall not budge…”
Come, come, and sit you down; you shall not budge; You go not till I set you up a glass Where you may see the inmost part of you. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “In the corrupted currents of this world…”
In the corrupted currents of this world Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. But ’tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell’d, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. […]
Khalil Gibran Quote – “When love beckons to you, follow him…”
When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And When his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And When he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as […]
