No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
George MacDonald Quote – “Sometimes I wake, and, lo! I have forgot…”
Sometimes I wake, and, lo! I have forgot, And drifted out upon an ebbing sea! My soul that was at rest now resteth not, For I am with myself and not with thee. George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)
Charles Dickens Quote – “I wear the chain I forged in life…”
I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “It was but imagination…”
It was but imagination, yet imagination had all the terrors of reality; nay, it was worse, for the reality would have come and gone, and there an end, but in imagination it was always coming, and never went away. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Seneca Quote – “Let philosophy scrape off your own faults…”
Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion…”
Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, I with great truth catch mere simplicity; Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Henri Amiel Quote – “We are free only so far as we are not dupes…”
We are free only so far as we are not dupes of ourselves, our pretexts, our instincts, our temperament. We are freed by energy and the critical spirit — that is to say, by detachment of soul, by self-government. So that we are enslaved, but susceptible of freedom; we are bound, but capable of shaking off our bonds. Henri Amiel […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “He who floats with the current…”
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions — such a man is… a thing moved, instead of a living and moving being — an echo, not a voice. The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the […]
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself…”
Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself three times an hour? Do you wish to please a man who cannot please himself? Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Things stand outside us…”
Things stand outside us, themselves by themselves, neither knowing anything of themselves, nor expressing any judgment. What is it, then, which makes judgement about them? Your ruling faculty. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
