We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. |
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. |
True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion. |
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. |
Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. |
Manifest Plainness, Embrace Simplicity, Reduce Selfishness, Have few Desires. |
It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion. |
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. |
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. |
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. |