Thursday 31 December 2015

The meaning of things 
lies not in the things themselves, 
but in our attitude towards them.

Wednesday 30 December 2015

Tuesday 29 December 2015

In a democracy, 
the majority of the citizens 
is capable of exercising 
the most cruel oppressions 
upon the minority.

Monday 28 December 2015


Sunday 27 December 2015

Without words, 
without writing 
and without books 
there would be no history, 
there could be no concept of humanity.

Saturday 26 December 2015

Friday 25 December 2015

It is a fine seasoning for joy 
to think of those we love.

Thursday 24 December 2015

Wednesday 23 December 2015

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Tuesday 22 December 2015

Monday 21 December 2015

All experience is an arch 
wherethrough gleams that untravelled world 
whose margin fades for ever and for ever 
when I move.

Sunday 20 December 2015

Saturday 19 December 2015

The only means of strengthening one's intellect 
is to make up one's mind about nothing, 
to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

Friday 18 December 2015

Thursday 17 December 2015

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Wednesday 16 December 2015

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Imagination is the real and eternal world 
of which this vegetable universe 
is but a faint shadow.

Monday 14 December 2015

Sunday 13 December 2015

The mind is its own place 
and in itself, 
can make a Heaven of Hell, 
a Hell of Heaven.

Saturday 12 December 2015

Friday 11 December 2015

The mind unlearns with difficulty 
what it has long learned.

Thursday 10 December 2015

Wednesday 9 December 2015

The great use of life 
is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Tuesday 8 December 2015

Monday 7 December 2015

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, 
but the parent of all the others.

Sunday 6 December 2015

Saturday 5 December 2015

He that complies against his will 
is of his own opinion still.

Friday 4 December 2015

Thursday 3 December 2015

The brain is wider than the sky.

Wednesday 2 December 2015

Tuesday 1 December 2015

The world of reality has its limits; 
the world of imagination is boundless.

Monday 30 November 2015

Sunday 29 November 2015

Let us be grateful 
to people who make us happy, 
they are the charming gardeners 
who make our souls blossom.

Saturday 28 November 2015

Friday 27 November 2015

The person who reads too much 
and uses his brain too little 
will fall into lazy habits of thinking.

Thursday 26 November 2015

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Man is what he believes.

Tuesday 24 November 2015


Monday 23 November 2015

Animals are such agreeable friends — 
they ask no questions; 
they pass no criticisms.

Sunday 22 November 2015


Saturday 21 November 2015

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, 
and the deep power of joy, 
we see into the life of things.

Friday 20 November 2015

Thursday 19 November 2015

If you have somebody who's brilliant and highly creative 
with a different point of view than you have, 
and a very different intellectual background, 
great things can happen.

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Somewhere, 
something incredible 
is waiting to be known.

Monday 16 November 2015

Sunday 15 November 2015

Pursue some path, 
however narrow and crooked, 
in which you can walk 
with love and reverence.

Saturday 14 November 2015

Friday 13 November 2015

Quality is never an accident. 
It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Thursday 12 November 2015

Wednesday 11 November 2015

The key to education 
is the experience of beauty.

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Monday 9 November 2015

Our dead are never dead to us, 
until we have forgotten them.

Sunday 8 November 2015

Saturday 7 November 2015

If there is a sense of reality, 
there must also be a sense of possibility.

Friday 6 November 2015

Thursday 5 November 2015

What makes us human, I think, 
is an ability to ask questions, 
a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Tuesday 3 November 2015

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

Monday 2 November 2015

Sunday 1 November 2015

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, 
and its power of endurance — 
the cheerful man will do more in the same time, 
will do it better, 
will preserve it longer, 
than the sad or sullen.

Saturday 31 October 2015

Friday 30 October 2015

Happiness resides not in possessions, 
and not in gold, 
happiness dwells in the soul.

Thursday 29 October 2015

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Monday 26 October 2015

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Sunday 25 October 2015

Saturday 24 October 2015

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, 
as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms 
he may think undeservedly severe.

Friday 23 October 2015

Thursday 22 October 2015

Start with what is right 
rather than what is acceptable.

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; 
it may be equally outraged by silence.

Monday 19 October 2015

Sunday 18 October 2015

The true triumph of reason 
is that it enables us
to get along with 
those who do not possess it.

Saturday 17 October 2015

Friday 16 October 2015

The tears of the world are a constant quality. 
For each one who begins to weep, 
somewhere else another stops. 
The same is true of the laugh.

Thursday 15 October 2015

Wednesday 14 October 2015

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Monday 12 October 2015

Learn from yesterday, 
live for today, 
hope for tomorrow. 
The important thing is 
not to stop questioning.

Sunday 11 October 2015

Saturday 10 October 2015

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force 
rather than a creative one.

Friday 9 October 2015

Thursday 8 October 2015

The language of friendship 
is not words 
but meanings.

Wednesday 7 October 2015

Tuesday 6 October 2015

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Monday 5 October 2015

Sunday 4 October 2015

In action 
a great heart is the chief qualification. 
In work, 
a great head.

Saturday 3 October 2015

Friday 2 October 2015

Imagination is the beginning of creation. 
You imagine what you desire, 
you will what you imagine 
and at last you create what you will.

Thursday 1 October 2015

Wednesday 30 September 2015

In the realm of ideas 
everything depends on enthusiasm... 
in the real world 
all rests on perseverance.

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Monday 28 September 2015

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Sunday 27 September 2015

Saturday 26 September 2015

Language is the dress of thought.

Friday 25 September 2015

Thursday 24 September 2015

Many individuals have, 
like uncut diamonds, 
shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Wednesday 23 September 2015