From Xenophon: “Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.”
Tag Archives: goodness
Quote of the day 09/10/25
From Haruki Murakami: “A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
Quote of the day 07/07/25
From the Mahavagga: “What is it to you … whether another is guilty or guiltless? Come, friend, atone for your own offense.”
Quote of the day 07/05/25
From the Ta-chwang-yan-king-lun: “When first I undertook to obtain wisdom, then also I took on me to defend (the weak). All living things of whatsoever sort call forth my compassion and pity.”
Quote of the day 07/03/25
From the Jatakamala: “The virtuous retain in their mind the good done to them, whereas the evil they experience drops from their mind, like water from a lotus-petal.”
Quote of the day 07/02/25
From the Bstan-‘gyur: “Hear ye all this moral maxim, and having heard it keep it well: Whatsoever is displeasing to yourselves never do to another.”
Quote of the day 07/01/25
From the Udanavarga: “The fool who is angered, and thinks to triumph by the use of abusive language, is always vanquished by him whose words are patient.”
Quote of the day 06/28/25
From Jataka: “Now, therefore, it behooves me to examine into my faults; and if I find anything wrong in me, to put it away, and practice virtue only.”
Quote of the day 06/25/25
From the Fa-kheu-pi-u: “If only the thoughts be directed to that which is right, then happiness must necessarily follow.”
Quote of the day 06/24/25
From the Sigalovada Sutta: “Liberty, courtesy, benevolence, unselfishness, under all circumstances towards all people—these qualities are to the world what the linchpin is to the rolling chariot.”