He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
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)
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)
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 – “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 – “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked…”
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Paul Brunton Quote – “If there is so much friction, violence, and tension…”
If there is so much friction, violence, and tension in the world, it is only because so many individual persons themselves are inwardly experiencing these things… If there is so little real peace in the world, it is only because there is so little real peace in the individuals who live in the world. Paul Brunton (1898 – 1981)
Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote – “We are second-hand people…”
We are second-hand people. We have lived on what we have been told, either guided by our inclinations, our tendencies, or compelled to accept by circumstances and environment. We are the result of all kinds of influences, and there is nothing new in us, nothing that we have discovered for ourselves: nothing original, pristine, clear. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes – “Dream delivers us to dream…”
Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “However mean your life is…”
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)