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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down read more
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always read more
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
It looks easy, but It's not at all.
It looks easy, but It's not at all.
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
