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Peace

Peace is the happy natural state…

11 Jan , 2010  

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. Thomson, James

Inspiration, Inspirational

Peace is not an absence of war, …

11 Jan , 2010  

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Spinoza, Baruch

Journey

Peace is a journey of a thousand…

11 Jan , 2010  

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. Johnson, Lyndon B.

Patriotism

Patriotism is the virtue of the …

11 Jan , 2010  

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Wilde, Oscar

Patriotism

Patriotism is the last refuge of…

11 Jan , 2010  

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Johnson, Samuel

Death

Pale death, with impartial step,…

11 Jan , 2010  

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. Horace

Art

Painting is silent poetry, and p…

11 Jan , 2010  

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Simonides

Pain

Pain is no evil unless it conque…

11 Jan , 2010  

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us. Eliot, George

Adversity

Pain is inevitable, suffering is…

11 Jan , 2010  

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Unknown

Vice

Our virtues are most frequently …

11 Jan , 2010  

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. La Rochefoucauld, François

Misfortune

Perils, and misfortunes, and wan…

11 Jan , 2010  

Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world. It behooveth thee, therefore, O child of calamity! early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil. […]

Courage

Perfect valour consists in doing…

11 Jan , 2010  

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. La Rochefoucauld, François