Selected quotes - page 2

Poverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. (Plato)
And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
- How can you believe in God? Have you seen your God? - I haven't actually seen God. But I have performed many brain surgeries, and when I opened the skull, I never saw a mind in there either. And I never found a conscience there either. View quote
Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
If you can help a person help, if you cannot help - pray, if you do not know how to pray - think about the person in a good way! And this will already be a help, because godly thoughts are also a weapon! View quote
Nikolaj Velimirovic
A person often overestimates what they don't have... And underestimates what they do have. View quote
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. View quote
Anton Chekhov
Reading is the best teaching. View quote
Aleksandr Pushkin
Hell can't be made attractive, so the devil makes attractive the road that leads there. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
Everyone shouts – you must learn to forgive. But no one even thinks that you must learn not to offend and not to cause pain! View quote
Education is the best provision for old age. View quote
Aristotle
The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice. (Aristotle)
The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. View quote
Mark Twain
A person cannot choose the time in which he is born or lives; it is not up to him, who his parents are, or the nation he will be born into, but what he is responsible for is how he will act in that given time: will he be human or inhuman. View quote
Pavle (Serbian)
A wise person can always correct their mistakes, while a foolish one usually cannot even admit them. View quote
If you want to understand a person's worth, give them a little trust and see how they use it. View quote
An unhappy, angry person destroys everything, hurts even the closest and dearest people, while a kind person, creating peace and joy around them, restores what has been destroyed, comforts those who suffer, and helps those in need. View quote
Seraphim of Sarov
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. View quote
Mark Twain
An evil person is like a piece of coal: if it doesn't burn, it blackens you. View quote
Anacharsis
The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
What we do now echoes in eternity. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. (Confucius)
Take care of yourselves for the sake of your children! No one else will love them the way you do... View quote
Without love living is easy; but it's meaningless. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons. View quote
Denzel Washington
Be teachable. You are not always right. View quote