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Rumi, Masnavi i Ma'navi
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What is Initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
Elbert Hubbard, Love, Life & Work
…Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.
Louis Pasteur, The Life of Pasteur
…if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and what you are…
Russell H. Conwell, Acres of Diamonds
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual…
Samuel Smiles, Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means, and the exercise of ordinary qualities.
Samuel Smiles, Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct
…tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it…
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
…man is here for the sake of other men — above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
Albert Einstein, What I Believe
Keep your heart in peace; let nothing in this world disturb it: all things have an end.
John of the Cross, The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Vol. II
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
Of all felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities.
Seneca, Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
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The peace you shall desire is that sacred peace which nothing can disturb, and in which the soul grows as does the holy flower upon the still lagoons.
Mabel Collins, Light on the Path
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
Orison Swett Marden, Pushing to the Front
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
Maria Mitchell, Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Teh King
Don’t be always saying of yourself, “I am weak or cowardly or ill-tempered or imprudent.” Draw to yourself rather the thought current of strength, courage, even temper, prudence and all other good qualities.
Prentice Mulford, Your Forces, and How to Use Them
The land of healing lies within, radiant with that happiness blindly sought in a thousand misdirections.
Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
How beautiful that most of our troubles never happen!
Elbert Hubbard, The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard
The true lover of God keeps his love silently hidden in his heart, like a seed sown in the ground, and if the seedling grows, it grows in his actions towards his fellowman.
Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Inner Life
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
Maria Mitchell, Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals