Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.
Category: Inspirational
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.
Oppression can only survive through silence.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.