From Thomas Aquinas: “Justice is a habit whereby man renders to each one his due by a constant and perpetual will.”
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Quote of the day 11/11/25
From Mahatma Gandhi: “It is better to perform one’s own duty, however imperfectly, than to perform another’s duty perfectly.”
Quote of the day 11/09/25
From Immanuel Kant: “The only thing that is good without qualification is a good will.”
Quote of the day 10/25/25
From Jean-Paul Sartre: “Commitment is an act, not a word.”
Quote of the day 09/21/25
From Xenophon: “Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.”
Quote of the day 09/16/25
From Xenophon: “Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.”
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 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 06/10/25
From R.H. Blyth: “In conclusion, let us say that Shakespeare had a religion, a religion which could ask and answer the question which Macduff asked, when his wife and children were all murdered at one fell swoop: ‘Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?’ What is the answer to the question? ItContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/10/25”
Quote of the day 06/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “It is only the simple but far-reaching fact that Goodness is on the side of goodness rather than badness, that is to say, the fact that evil in its own nature destroys itself, that makes Iago a failure.”