To belittle, you have to be little.
(Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet.)
Buddha. “You will not be punished…”
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
(Buddha.)
Confucius. “To be fond of learning…”
To be fond of learning
is near to wisdom.
(Confucius.)
Herodotus. “The secret of success…”
The secret of success is that
it is not the absence of failure,
but the absence of envy.
(Herodotus.)
Ζήνων ο Κιτιεύς. «Αφ’ ότου…»
Νῦν εὐπλόηκα, ὅτε νεναυάγηκα.
(Διογένης Λαέρτιος για τον Ζήνωνα.)
Plato. “He who does not desire…”
He who does not desire power
is fit to hold it.
(Plato.)
Kahlil Gibran. “Friendship is always…”
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,
never an opportunity.
(Kahlil Gibran, The Collected Works.)
Hippocrates. “The physician treats,…”
The physician treats,
but nature heals.
(Hippocrates.)
Confucius. “Everything has beauty,…”
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
(Confucius.)
Daily quote: Dostojevsky, «The degree of civilization…»
The degree of civilization in a society
can be judged by entering its prisons.
(Dostoyevsky: The house of the dead.)
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