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Happiness

Let us be grateful to people who…

29 Aug , 2010  

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Proust, Marcel

Progress

Let this be an example for the a…

29 Aug , 2010  

Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge,virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled. Hitopadesa, The

Parting

Let the wind of the spirit blow …

29 Aug , 2010  

Let the wind of the spirit blow between your shores. The great oaks in the forest do not grow in each other’s shade. Gibran, Kahlil

Danger

Let the fear of a danger be a sp…

29 Aug , 2010  

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Quarles

Character

Let not a man do what his sense …

29 Aug , 2010  

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. Mencius

Love

Let none think to fly the danger…

29 Aug , 2010  

Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger. Byron, Lord

Reflection

Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes …

29 Aug , 2010  

Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou hast thrice re- viewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turn-ed aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What haveI left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill […]

Beauty

Let no man value at a little pri…

29 Aug , 2010  

Let no man value at a little price a virtuous woman’s counsel; her winged spirit is feathered often times with heavenly words, and, like her beauty, ravishing and pure. Chapman

Ambition

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a…

29 Aug , 2010  

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. Burton, Robert

World

Like an image in a dream the wor…

29 Aug , 2010  

Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes. Sankara

Adversity

Light troubles speak; the weight…

29 Aug , 2010  

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck du Seneca

Journey

Life, as the most ancient of all…

29 Aug , 2010  

Life, as the most ancient of all metaphors insists, is a journey; and the travel book, in its deceptive simulation of the journey’s fits and starts, rehearses life’s own fragmentation. More even than the novel, it embraces the contingency of things. Raban, Jonathan