Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia Category: Self-Control
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 Category: Self-Control
If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength. – François VI de la Rochefoucault Category: Self-Control
The stars, which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields of heaven. – Philip James Bailey Category: Sky & Clouds
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Category: Learning
Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones. – Antonin Artaud Category: work
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves – at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others – at what they did or did not do. – Peter McWilliams Category: Anger
