SaturdayDec 21, 2024
Quotes: 53419 Authors: 9969
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.
No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.
Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
Be wisely worldly, not worldly wise.
Even as the needle that directs the hour, (Touched with the loadstone) by the secret power Of hidden Nature, points upon the pole; Even so the wavering powers of my soul,
Physicians of all men are most happy: what success so ever they have, the world proclaimeth, and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.
Meditation is the life of the soul; action is the soul of meditation; honor is the reward of action: so meditate, that thou mayst do; so do, that thou mayst purchase honor; for which purchase, give God the glory.
The light of the understanding- humility kindleth and pride covereth.
The breath of divine knowledge is the bellows of divine love, and the flame of divine love is the perfection of divine knowledge.
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
My soul, what's lighter than a feather? Wind. Than wind? The fire. And what than fire? The Mind. What's lighter than the mind? A thought. Than thought? This bubble world. What than this bubble? Naught.
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
Beware of him that is slow to anger; anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
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