From John Keats: “Don’t be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwardsContinue reading “Quote of the day 08/10/25”
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Quote of the day 06/29/25
From the Dhammapada: “The fool who knows his foolishness is wise at any rate so far. But the fool who thinks himself wise, he is a fool indeed.”
Quote of the day 06/15/25
From the Udanavarga: “Though a man conquer a thousand thousand men in battle, a greater conqueror still is he who conquers himself.”
Quote of the day 04/05/25
From Francis Bacon: “No pleasure is comparable to the standing on the vantage ground of truth.”
Quote of the day 04/04/25
From William Wordsworth: “Let nature be your teacher.”
Quote of the day 03/05/25
From Francis Bacon: “He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”
Quote of the day 02/17/25
From Francis Bacon: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”
Quote of the day 11/05/24
From Heraclitus: “Much learning does not teach understanding.”
Quote of the day 10/28/24
From Plutarch: “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
Quote of the day 10/26/24
From Plutarch: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”