If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow
© Rachel Carson @quote
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small
© Lao Tzu @quote
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.
© G. K. Chesterton @quote
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do
© Moliere @quote
There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
© Robert Louis Stevenson @quote
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
© Alfred Tennyson @quote
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place
© Lao Tzu @quote
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
© May Sarton @quote
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them
© Sophocles @quote
Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
© William Yeats @quote
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
© Mark Twain @quote
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
© Ralph Emerson @quote
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
© Marcus Aurelius @quote
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
© William Arthur Ward @quote
Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors
© Dalai Lama @quote
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
© Confucius @quote
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.
© Chinese Proverb @quote
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do
© Dhammapada @quote
By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.
© Jane Roberts @quote
The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself.
© Edward Ericson @quote
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
© Buddha @quote
If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others
© Anne Lindbergh @quote