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... wise people falter not amidst blame and praise . DHAMMAPADA Acknowledgments I would like to thank especially John Sandys- Wunsch for the work he did editing and producing the first edition of this book . Lois Kerr Bible texts Bible ...
... wise people falter not amidst blame and praise . DHAMMAPADA Acknowledgments I would like to thank especially John Sandys- Wunsch for the work he did editing and producing the first edition of this book . Lois Kerr Bible texts Bible ...
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... wise and the foolish , about wisdom and folly 149 superior and inferior people 167 beauty , creativity , and excellence 181 impermanence 189 eternal values and the pleasures of this world 195 The Golden Rule 225 Addendum About the Sages ...
... wise and the foolish , about wisdom and folly 149 superior and inferior people 167 beauty , creativity , and excellence 181 impermanence 189 eternal values and the pleasures of this world 195 The Golden Rule 225 Addendum About the Sages ...
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... utility . RALPH WALDO EMERSON Character I have learned , in whatever state I am , to be content . SAINT PAUL Philippians 4:11 ( RSV ) Happy is anyone who becomes wise - who comes to 13 THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.
... utility . RALPH WALDO EMERSON Character I have learned , in whatever state I am , to be content . SAINT PAUL Philippians 4:11 ( RSV ) Happy is anyone who becomes wise - who comes to 13 THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.
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Lois Kerr. Happy is anyone who becomes wise - who comes to have understanding . There is more profit in it than there is in silver ; it is worth more to you than gold . Wisdom is more valuable than jewels ; nothing you could want can ...
Lois Kerr. Happy is anyone who becomes wise - who comes to have understanding . There is more profit in it than there is in silver ; it is worth more to you than gold . Wisdom is more valuable than jewels ; nothing you could want can ...
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... wise spirit that ever took flesh . To be great is to be misunderstood . RALPH WALDO EMERSON Essays : Self Reliance For how many things , which for our own sake we should never do , do we perform for the sake of our friends ? CICERO De ...
... wise spirit that ever took flesh . To be great is to be misunderstood . RALPH WALDO EMERSON Essays : Self Reliance For how many things , which for our own sake we should never do , do we perform for the sake of our friends ? CICERO De ...
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ALEXANDER POPE Essay American APOCRYPHA Ecclesiasticus BHAGAVAD-GITA Bible texts marked Blessed Book of Ptah-Hotep Buddha Christian CHUANG-TZU CONFUCIUS The Analects DAVID THOREAU Walden death DHAMMAPADA Buddhist scripture drink Education English EPICTETUS eternal evil faith foolish fools Gemara GIBRAN Spiritual Sayings goes happy heart HEBREW BIBLE HENRY DAVID THOREAU HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Hindu scripture HITOPADESA HITOPADESA Hindu scripture Jan Ch'iu JESUS Matthew KAHLIL GIBRAN Spiritual kingdom of heaven KORAN Surah live Lord mind Mishnah MO-TI neighbor NRSV OLD TESTAMENT Ecclesiastes OLD TESTAMENT Exodus OLD TESTAMENT Proverbs OLD TESTAMENT Psalm one's philosopher poet PTAH-HOTEP PTAH-HOTEP The Book RALPH WALDO EMERSON religion religious Sages quoted sages say SAINT PAUL SAINT PAUL Galatians Sayings of Kahlil Sayings of Ramakrishna spirit statesman steal superior person TALMUD Taoist Taoist scripture things THOMAS CARLYLE THOMAS CARLYLE Essays thought unto UPANISHADS Hindu scripture virtue WALDO EMERSON Character wealth wine WISDOM AND FOLLY
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Page 34 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Page 22 - I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
Page 35 - If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Page 18 - Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
Page 221 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 93 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
Page 32 - Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Page 100 - For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.
Page 209 - Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.