Be a lamp unto yourself. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Robert Browning Quote – “When the fight begins within himself…”
When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something. Robert Browning (1812 – 1889)
Buddha Quote – “How much confusion of thought comes…”
How much confusion of thought comes from our interest in self, and from our vanity when thinking “I am so great” or “I have done this wonderful deed.” The thought of your ego stands between your rational nature and truth, banish it, and then you will see things as they are. He who thinks correctly will rid himself of ignorance […]
Robert Browning Quote – “I count life just a stuff…”
I count life just a stuff to try the soul’s strength on. Robert Browning (1812 – 1889)
Cato the Elder Quote – “The first virtue is to restrain…”
The first virtue is to restrain the tongue. He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. Cato the Elder (234 – 149 BCE)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Strange is it that our bloods…”
Strange is it that our bloods, Of colour, weight, and heat, pour’d all together, Would quite confound distinction, yet stand off In differences so mighty. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The key to every man is his thought…”
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys… He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
William Shakespeare Quote – “I like your silence…”
I like your silence, it the more shows off Your wonder. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “I cannot be Mine own…”
I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “There is a sickness…”
There is a sickness Which puts some of us in distemper, but I cannot name the disease; and it is caught Of you that yet are well. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
