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Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. (Sigmund Freud)
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. View quote
Aesop
Compassion is sorrow for someone else's misfortune; envy is sorrow for someone else's happiness. View quote
Plutarch
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. View quote
Confucius
Men exist for the sake of one another. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. View quote
Seneca
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. View quote
Albert Einstein
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness. View quote
Sophocles
The soul is healed by being with children. View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know. View quote
William Shakespeare
Whatever you are, be a good one. (Abraham Lincoln)
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean. View quote
Confucius
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If you have a family that loves you, a few good friends, food on your table and a roof over your head, you are richer than you think. View quote
To insult and to humiliate is characteristic of the weak. The strong find pleasure in uplifting, supporting, and helping others. View quote
Happy is the one who has learned to admire, not to envy. View quote
The tree is known by its fruit, The woman – in the poverty of her husband, The man is known in the illness of his wife, The friend is known in trouble, and the Believer – in times of trials. View quote
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. View quote
Isaac Newton
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. View quote
Henry Ford
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. View quote
Thucydides
Work on purifying your thoughts. If you have no bad thoughts, there will be no bad deeds. (Confucius)
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel. View quote
Apologizing doesn't always mean you're wrong and the other person is right. It means you value your relationship more than your ego. View quote
One little boy, when asked what forgiveness is, gave a wonderful answer: "It is the fragrance that a flower gives when it is trampled on." View quote
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? View quote
George Eliot