Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to [...]
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
A jug fills drop by drop.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Ennui has made more [...]
All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
An idea that is developed and put into action is [...]
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
To give a satisfactory decision as to the [...]
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Without friends no [...]
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain [...]
A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
A friend is a second self.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Dignity consists not in possessing [...]
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
If you wait until all the lights are “green” before you leave home, you’ll never get started on your trip [...]
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
It’s your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in [...]
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if [...]