What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
Archives: Quotes
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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If you do not express your own original ideas, if
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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Your friends will know you better in the first minute
Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
Wisdom is found only in truth.