Leo Tolstoy Says: “Am I mad, to see…”
Leo Tolstoy Says: “Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing?”
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Leo Tolstoy Says: “A quiet secluded life…”
Leo Tolstoy Says: “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which…
Leo Tolstoy Says: “A man’s every action…”
Leo Tolstoy Says: “A man’s every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.”
Leo Tolstoy Says: “A man is like a…”
Leo Tolstoy Says: “A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.”
Lao Tzu says: “Wisdom does not inspire…”
Lao Tzu says: “Wisdom does not inspire the accumulation of goods; Living for others makes for a full life. The more you give away, the richer you are.”
Lao Tzu says: “When you are content to be…”
Lao Tzu says: “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”
Lao Tzu says: “When virtue is lost…”
Lao Tzu says: “When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.”
Lao Tzu says: “When people see some things as…”
Lao Tzu says: “When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.”
Lao Tzu says: “When people are born…”
Lao Tzu says: “When people are born they are gentle and soft. At death they are hard and stiff. When plants are alive they are soft and delicate. When they die, they wither and dry up. Therefore, the hard and…
Lao Tzu says: “What the caterpillar calls…”
Lao Tzu says: “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”