Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626)
Henri Amiel Quote – “Everything which compromises…”
Everything which compromises the future or destroys my inner liberty, which enslaves me to things or obliges me to be other than I could and ought to be… hurts me. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “Whenever conscience speaks with a divided…”
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not yet the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear and undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light and serenity. Happy, says the Apostle, are they who are at peace with themselves, […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “Be neither the slave of your impulses…”
Be neither the slave of your impulses and sensations of the moment, nor of an abstract and general plan; be open to what life brings from within and without, and welcome the unforeseen, and give to your life unity, and bring the unforeseen within the lines of your plan. Let what is natural in you raise itself to the level […]
William Blake Quote – “I have tried to make friends by…”
I have tried to make friends by corporeal gifts, but have only made enemies. I never made friends but by spiritual gifts. William Blake (1757 – 1827)
Quote from Buddhism – “If we liberate our souls from our petty selves…”
If we liberate our souls from our petty selves, wish no ill to others, and become clear as a crystal diamond reflecting the light of truth, what a radiant picture will appear in us mirroring things as they are, without the admixture of burning desires, without the distortion of erroneous illusion, without the agitation of clinging and unrest. Buddhism (circa […]
John Caird Quote – “We have in us the power to transcend…”
We have in us the power to transcend the bounds of our narrow individuality, and to find ourselves in that which seems to lie beyond us. John Caird (1820 – 1898)
John Caird Quote – “Morality or the moral life may be described as…”
Morality or the moral life may be described as that solution of the contradiction between man’s higher and lower nature which is accomplished by the transformation of the lower into the organ or expression of the higher. John Caird (1820 – 1898)
Thomas Carlyle Quote – “Our grand business is…”
Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881)
Matthew Arnold Quote – “But often in the world’s most crowded streets…”
But often in the world’s most crowded streets, but often, in the din of strife, there rises an unspeakable desire after the knowledge of our buried life, a thirst to spend our fire and restless force in tracking out our true, original course; a longing to inquire into the mystery of this heart that beats so wild, so deep in […]
