From R.H. Blyth: On Don Quixote: “The object of a Knight Errant … is not to judge men, not to think of their goodness or badness, but only of their misfortunes … this applies to all men and women equally; old and young, rich and poor, good and bad … His attitude to other peopleContinue reading “Quote of the day 03/25/25”
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Quote of the day 01/09/25
From William Blake: “Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”
Quote of the day 01/04/25
From William Blake: “The most sublime act is to set another before you.”
Quote of the day 11/13/24
From Heraclitus: “Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
Quote of the day 11/02/24
From Plutarch’ “For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.”
Quote of the day 10/24/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will enjoy some of the ineffable share in the supreme good which draws everything into itself.”
Quote of the day 10/23/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
Quote of the day 09/30/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe andContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/30/24”
Quote of the day 08/03/24
From John Steinbeck: “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”
Quote of the day 07/26/24
From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
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