O, that men’s ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

O, that men’s ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
His overthrow heap’d happiness upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little: And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
If you ever wonder what the primary purpose of life really is, just look around you. Everywhere we see things growing and changing, and all for the purpose of reaching a higher level of perfection. Each creature finds ways to be better adapted to its surroundings so as to get more of what it needs. Everything strives to fulfill its […]
We only fail to see the fact that the life we lead is discordant with human nature, because all those horrors among which we quietly live, have come about so gradually that we have not noticed them. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Take away your opinion and there is taken away the complaint, “I have been harmed.” Take away the complaint, “I have been harmed,” and the harm is taken away. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Look within. Let neither the special quality of anything, nor its value, escape you. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere ’tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)