Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.
Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
Keep your misfortunes to yourself.
The worst old age is that of the mind.
Time,--the most independent of all things.
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.
Malice often takes the garb of truth.
Our lives are ruled by impermanence. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. Soka Gakkai Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.
Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
The more we do, the more we can do.
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