Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Living virtuously →

Published October 27, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 27  ·  ,

Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do.
Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you.
Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

~ Marcus Aurelius

slip:4a164.

Carving →

Published October 22, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 22

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

~ Kahlil Gibran

slip:4a285.

Then do patriots flourish →

Published October 17, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 17  ·  

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

~ Lao Tzu

slip:4a90.

Heart →

Published October 12, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 12  ·  ,

Before you embark on any path ask the question, does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it and then you must choose another path. The trouble is that nobody asks the question. And when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart the path is ready to kill him.

~ Carlos Castaneda

slip:4a231.

I must die →

Published October 7, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 7  ·  

I must die. If instantly, I will die instantly; If in a short time, I will dine first, since the hour for dining is here, and when the time comes, then I will die. How? As becomes a person who is giving back what is not his own.

~ Epictetus

slip:4a165.

Courage, part 2 →

Published October 2, 2018  ·  All posts on Oct 2  ·  

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

~ Amelia Earhart

slip:4a212.

Relationships →

Published September 29, 2018  ·  All posts on Sep 29  ·  

They who wanted to do each other good are now handling one another in an imperious and intolerant manner, and in the struggle somehow to get out of their untenable and unbearable state of confusion, they commit the greatest fault that can happen to human relationships: they become impatient.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

slip:4a1174.

Genius →

Published September 27, 2018  ·  All posts on Sep 27  ·  

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

~ Lao Tzu

slip:4a224.

Courage, part 1 →

Published September 22, 2018  ·  All posts on Sep 22

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

~ Anais Nin

slip:4a344.

Discipline →

Published September 17, 2018  ·  All posts on Sep 17  ·  ,

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception it is a prevailing attitude.

~ Colin Powell

slip:4a175.