From Arthur Schopenhauer: “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
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Quote of the day 02/04/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Quote of the day 01/31/24
From Plato: “Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Quote of the day 01/29/25
From Plato: “…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.”
Quote of the day 01/20/24
From John Locke: “The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”
Quote of the day 01/19/24
From John Locke: “Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”
Quote of the day 01/18/24
From John Locke: “It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”
Quote of the day 01/17/24
From John Locke: “To prejudge other men’s notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.”
Quote of the day 01/16/24
From Shantideva: “All the happiness there is in this world comes from thinking about others, and all the suffering comes from preoccupation with yourself.”
Quote of the day 01/15/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”
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