Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved
© Helen Keller @quote
© Helen Keller @quote
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him
© William Lyon Phelps @quote
© William Lyon Phelps @quote
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius
© Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart @quote
© Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart @quote
Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it
© Rumi @quote
© Rumi @quote
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
© Lao Tzu @quote
© Lao Tzu @quote
Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should
© Charles Dickens @quote
© Charles Dickens @quote
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
© Benjamin Haydon @quote
© Benjamin Haydon @quote
One that desires to excel should endeavour in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
© Epictetus @quote
© Epictetus @quote
You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.
© Eckhart Tolle @quote
© Eckhart Tolle @quote
To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life
© William Londen @quote
© William Londen @quote