To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands.
How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.
It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.
The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.
Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.