Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler
Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to. – Samuel Butler
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler
Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to. – Samuel Butler
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. – Samuel Butler
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler
With penetrating insight, the mystics will tell us that when we have a desire for a certain thing, a certain experience, and we fulfill that desire, the happiness we feel is not something given by that thing or experience; it is due to having no craving for a little while. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook