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Quote of the day 06/17/25

From the Sutra of Forty-Two Sections: “What is goodness? First and foremost the agreement of the will with the conscience.”

Quote of the day 06/16/25

From Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “No mind is thoroughly well-organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.”

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 06/14/25

From Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.”

Quote of the day 06/13/25

From the Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king: “All men should cultivate a fixed and firm determination, and vow that what they once undertake they will never give up.”

Quote of the day 06/12/25

From Katha Sarit Sagara: “Why should we cling to this perishable body? In the eye of the wise, the only thing it is good for is to benefit one’s fellow-creatures.”

Quote of the day 06/11/25

From Edwin Arnold: “Steadfast a lamp burns sheltered from the wind;Such is the likeness of the Yogi’s mindShut from sense-storms and burning bright to Heaven.”

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.”

Quote of the day 06/08/25

From R.H. Blyth: “In both good and evil there is Goodness, if only men can forget their praising and blaming and see it as it flows, in its activity.”