That which I know immediately and intuitively transcends in certitude all other knowledge, for the certainty of it is bound up with the mind’s certainty of itself. I can no more doubt what I thus know than I can doubt my own existence. John Caird (1820 – 1898)
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life’s means! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit, And look on death itself! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Through zeal, knowledge is gained. Through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. Let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss, thus place himself that knowledge may grow. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Carry religious principles into common life… Soon business, with all its cares and anxieties, the whole “unprofitable stir and fever of the world” will be to us a thing of the past. John Caird (1820 – 1898)
Thought is parent of the deed. Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881)
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation. Herbert Spencer (1820 – 1903)
Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if you do not succeed in doing everything according to right principles, but when you fail, return back again, and be content if the greater part of what you do is consistent with man’s nature. Love this to which you return, and do not return to philosophy as if she were a master, […]
Always run in the short way, and the short way is the natural. Accordingly, say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble and warfare and all artificiality. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Practice right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right meditation. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
