Nothing is a greater barrier to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Honore de Balzac Quote – “Gentleness in the gait…”
Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Honore de Balzac Quote – “To imagine that five hundred men…”
To imagine that five hundred men, drawn from every corner of the kingdom, will make a good law! Is it not a dreary joke, for which the people will sooner or later have to pay? They have a change of masters, that is all. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Mock the time with fairest show…”
Mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “We still have judgment here…”
We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison’d chalice To our own lips. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion…”
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings: My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, that function Is smother’d in surmise, and nothing […]
Boethius Quote – “In living creatures…”
In living creatures, ignorance of self is nature; in man it is a vice. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (circa 477 – 524)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Say nothing more to yourself…”
Say nothing more to yourself than what the first appearances report. Suppose that it has been reported to you that a certain person speaks ill of you. This has been reported, but that you have been injured has not been reported… Thus then always abide by the first appearances, and add nothing yourself from within, and then nothing hurtful happens […]
Buddha Quote – “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire…”
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Quote from Buddhism – “It is good to tame the mind.”
It is good to tame the mind. Buddhism (circa 500 B.C.E.)
