Goethe
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
What we do not understand we do not possess.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Blame is safer than praise.
Paul Bourget
A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not
prevent us from beginning another.
Voltaire
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Confucius Will Rogers The
Triads of Ireland The Tao Te Ching
Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido Robert Louis Stevenson David T. Wolf Victor Hugo Henry David Thoreau
Friedrich Nietzsche
Chinese sayings
Sydney Harris
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Illusion
is the first of all pleasures.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his
answers.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to
play with your hair.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the
bitterest.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
If you enjoy what you do, you will never work another day in your life.
Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Three candles that illuminate every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.
Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
Practice not-doing, and everything will fall into place.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering
others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives
you courage.
A true warrior is always armed with three things: the radiant sword of
pacification; the mirror of bravery, wisdom, and friendship, and the precious
jewel of enlightenment.
Though there are many paths at the foot of the mountain, all those who reach the
top see the same moon.
True victory is self-victory.
Aristotle
To perceive is to suffer.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for
ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in
madness.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want
happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a
fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
If
you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of
sorrow.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared
to what?"