From Immanuel Kant: “Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.”
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Quote of the day 10/26/25
From John Milton: “Luck is the residue of design.”
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 09/23/25
From Xenophon: “Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.”
Quote of the day 09/22/25
From Xenophon: “Success should never breed complacency.”
Quote of the day 09/19/25
From Xenophon: “For I believe that the best life is lived by those who take the best care to make themselves as good as possible, and the pleasantest life by those who are most conscious that they are becoming better.”
Quote of the day 07/19/25
From Basho: “In the end, without skill or talent, I’ve given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu Fu starved rather than abandon it. Neither my intelligence nor my writing is comparable to such men. Nevertheless, in the end, we ALL live in phantom huts.”
Quote of the day 03/07/25
From Francis Bacon: “Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.”
Quote of the day 01/28/25
From Unmon: “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.”
Quote of the day 11/13/24
From Heraclitus: “Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
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