From Baruch Spinoza: “I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature.”
Tag Archives: life
Quote of the day 10/17/15
From Paulo Coelho: “The more you understand yourself, the more you understand the world.”
Quote of the day 10/16/25
From Carl Jung: “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart.”
Quote of the day 10/07/25
From Wang Yang-Ming: “The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”
Quote of the day 10/06/25
From Śāntideva: “But if, through seeking happiness, my deeds are wrong, no matter where I turn my steps, the knives of misery will cut me down, the wage and retribution of a sinful life.”
Quote of the day 10/04/25
From Śāntideva: “All that may be wished for will by nature fade to nothing.”
Quote of the day 10/03/25
From Śāntideva: “So take advantage of this human boat. Free yourself from sorrow’s mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!”
Quote of the day 10/02/25
From Śāntideva: “We are the authors of our own destiny; and being the authors, we are ultimately, perhaps frighteningly, free.”
Quote of the day 10/01/25
From Śāntideva: “We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger?”
Quote of the day 09/30/25
From Śāntideva: “Where would I find enough leatherTo cover the entire surface of the earth?But with leather soles beneath my feet,It’s as if the whole world has been covered.”