Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.
Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not.
The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.
Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.
Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.
Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.
Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank.
What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.
The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
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