“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.”
Beauty“Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.”
Good“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.”
Beauty“Men exist for the sake of one another.”
Men“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”
Power“You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.”
Good“Anger cannot be dishonest.”
Anger“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
Anger“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
Good“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.”
Power“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”
Success“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
Happiness“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.”
Strength“Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday.”
Good“Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.”
Death“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
Love“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.”
Death“That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.”
Good“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”
Work“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
Death“Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.”
Change“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
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