From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
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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.”
Quote of the day 01/14/24
From Immanuel Kant: “In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.”
Quote of the day 01/13/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.”
Quote of the day 01/12/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.”
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