Favorite Quotes

1. "The happiness or unhappiness of a man does not depend upon the amount of property or gold he owns. Happiness or misery is in one’s soul. A wise man feels at home in every country. The whole universe is the home of a noble soul." – Democritus

2. "I went along all the earth, searching for a guiding light. I went all over without rest, at night and during the day, and then I heard from a preacher, who opened the truth to me, that the answer is inside my soul, and that the light which I was looking for everywhere in the world is inside me." – Eastern wisdom

3. "The rivers and seas are the masters of the valleys across which they flow. This is because they are lower than the valleys. In the same way, a person who wants to be higher than other people should be lower than they; if he wants to guide people, he should be below them." – Lao-Tzu

4. "Nothing will bring you peace except yourself." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. "People may ask you, “Why do you know God?” You should respond, “Because he is in my heart.” Look at the essence of life, not with the eyes in your head, but with the eyes of your heart. Can you know yourself, if you do not know God? The real understanding of yourself is the understanding of God." – Persian wisdom

6. "Our life is unceasing wonder, growth, and development." – Lucy Malory

7. "Do you call a person happy if he finds his strength in his children or in his friends, or in other things which are impermanent? In one second, his prosperity can be ruined. Seek no other support than your inner self and God." – Demosthenes

8. "They say that the highest good is freedom. And if freedom is goodness, then, how can a free person be unhappy? If you see a person who is not happy you should know that he is not a free man; he is a slave of something. In order to be completely free, you should be ready to give to God all those things which you have received from Him. You should be ready to unite your will with that of God." – After Epictetus

9. "Power is given to a person, not to oppress the weak, but to support and to help the weak." – John Ruskin

10. "The language of truth is always simple." – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

11. "Pleasure, luxury – these things you call happiness, but I think that to wish nothing is the happiness of God, and when you wish to have only small things, then you make yourself closer to this divine and high happiness." – Socrates

12. "The way to fame goes through the palaces, the way to happiness goes through the markets, the way to virtue goes through the deserts." – Chinese proverb

13. "The journey of the wise to virtue is as a journey to a remote land, or the ascent of a high mountain. People who travel to a faraway place start with a single step, and those who climb a high mountain start from the bottom." – Confucius

14. "People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them." – Blaise Pascal

15. "A wise man looks for everything inside of himself; a madman seeks for everything in others." – Confucius

16. "You cannot see the soul, but only the soul can truly see the essence of things." – The Talmud

17. "The way to true knowledge does not go through soft grass covered with flowers. To find it, a person must climb steep mountains." – John Ruskin

18. "Life is the remembrance of a very short day we spent visiting this world." – Blaise Pascal

19. "In the important questions of life, we are always alone. Our deepest inner thoughts cannot be understood by others. The best part of the drama that goes on deep in our soul is a monologue, or, better to say, a very sincere conversation between God, our conscience, and ourself." – Henri Amiel

20. "The meaning of life is revealed to those who are ready to accept the things which will be revealed. And it is he who has already decided that he will accept the truth as it is, and not the truth itself, which will change the way of life he has been accustomed to." – Leo Tolstoy

21. "Only in the storm can you see the art of the real sailor; only on the battlefield can you see the bravery of a soldier. The courage of a simple person can be seen in how he copes with the difficult and dangerous situations in life." – Daniel Achinsky

22. "There is nothing in this world more tender and more pliable than water, yet hard and rigid things cannot resist it. Weakness defeats strength, tenderness defeats rigidity. Everyone knows this law, but no one acts upon it. The weakest in the world gain victory over the strongest; therefore, there is a great advantage in humility and silence. Only a few people in this world are truly humble." – Lao-Tzu

23. "Only the wanderer knows the truth" – Old Choco proverb

24. "In your will, O Lord, is our peace." – Dante

25. "No healthy person heaps injury of any kind on another struggling soul." – Hazelden

26. "To be humble is to surrender, to give up trying to change people or circumstances, to give up trying to force our will upon others. Humility is being quiet, being at rest, and being confident that God is present in every situation. Humility is being at peace, always." – Hazelden

27. "The truest mirror, the clearest mirror, for each and every one of us, ultimately, is another human face. I have learned that the only true measure of a human being’s intelligence is his/her attitude toward other human beings." – Luis Valdez

28. "Self-reflection forgiveness is filled with LOVE." – Anonymous

29. "The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty – it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God." – Mother Teresa

30. "Do good to those who hate you. It is not always within your power to control your feelings. You will recognize that you have love if, after having experienced annoyance and contradiction, you do not lose your peace, but pray for those who have made you suffer and wish them well." - St. Faustina's diary, 1628

31. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." - Helen Keller

32. "While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

33. "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. / One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes." - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery