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5863 Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5862 a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not con Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5861 The greatest prayer is patience. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5860 All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. W Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5859 Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5858 Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5857 You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5856 In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5855 She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5854 Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5853 Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5852 Conquer anger by love, evil by good; conquer the miser with liberality, and the Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5851 If you wish to control others you must first control yourself Miyamoto Musashi
5850 It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet Miyamoto Musashi
5849 The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them Miyamoto Musashi
5848 1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sa Miyamoto Musashi
5847 there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, str Miyamoto Musashi
5846 Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. Miyamoto Musashi
5845 You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything el Miyamoto Musashi
5844 You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain Miyamoto Musashi
5843 from one thing, know ten thousand things Miyamoto Musashi
5842 Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man. Miyamoto Musashi
5841 Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world Miyamoto Musashi
5840 In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won. Miyamoto Musashi
5839 Do nothing that is of no use Miyamoto Musashi
5824 I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approv Vincent van Gogh
5823 Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought to Vincent van Gogh
5822 It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper m Vincent van Gogh
5821 At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that ni Vincent van Gogh
5820 What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
5819 What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an un Vincent van Gogh
5818 It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, Vincent van Gogh
5817 I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. Vincent van Gogh
5816 I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. Vincent van Gogh
5815 I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process. Vincent van Gogh
5814 I would rather die of passion than of boredom. Vincent van Gogh
5813 If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint a Vincent van Gogh
5812 The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they ha Vincent van Gogh
5811 There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. Vincent van Gogh
5810 I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream. Vincent van Gogh
5809 I dream my painting and I paint my dream. Vincent van Gogh
5808 It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoeve Vincent van Gogh
5807 Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow
5806 A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. Molière
5805 Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we John Ruskin
5804 The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get from it, but what th John Ruskin
5803 I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by hu John Ruskin
5802 It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that s John Ruskin
5801 A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel. John Ruskin
5800 All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hours, and the books John Ruskin
5799 Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarati John Ruskin
5798 To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze John Ruskin
5797 Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow. John Lennon
5796 The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon
5795 Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have on Francis Bacon
5794 Wonder is the seed of knowledge Francis Bacon
5793 It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still un Francis Bacon
5792 Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but t Francis Bacon
5791 Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. Francis Bacon
5790 Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of hu Francis Bacon
5789 Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man wr Francis Bacon
5788 Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon
5787 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed a Francis Bacon
5786 If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be Francis Bacon
5785 A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon
5784 To err is human, to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope
5783 Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're Richard Bach
5782 Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5781 In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5780 There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5779 There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5778 Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic wi Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5777 Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5776 When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5775 What we think, we become. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5774 If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5773 Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I hav Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5772 Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5771 You only lose what you cling to. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5770 You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5769 Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in a Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5768 Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5767 However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5766 You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and a Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5765 All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts w Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5764 Doubt everything. Find your own light. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5763 Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5762 Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it a Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5761 It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victor Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5760 An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beas Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5759 You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5758 The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5757 If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5756 A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5755 Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a littl Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5754 Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fi Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5753 The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5752 If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would cha Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5751 Pain is certain, suffering is optional. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
5750 As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not con — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
The greatest prayer is patience. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. W — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; conquer the miser with liberality, and the — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
If you wish to control others you must first control yourself — Miyamoto Musashi
It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet — Miyamoto Musashi
The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them — Miyamoto Musashi
1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sa — Miyamoto Musashi
there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, str — Miyamoto Musashi
Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. — Miyamoto Musashi
You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything el — Miyamoto Musashi
You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain — Miyamoto Musashi
from one thing, know ten thousand things — Miyamoto Musashi
Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man. — Miyamoto Musashi
Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world — Miyamoto Musashi
In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won. — Miyamoto Musashi
Do nothing that is of no use — Miyamoto Musashi
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approv — Vincent van Gogh
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought to — Vincent van Gogh
It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper m — Vincent van Gogh
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that ni — Vincent van Gogh
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? — Vincent van Gogh
What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an un — Vincent van Gogh
It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, — Vincent van Gogh
I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. — Vincent van Gogh
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. — Vincent van Gogh
I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process. — Vincent van Gogh
I would rather die of passion than of boredom. — Vincent van Gogh
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint a — Vincent van Gogh
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they ha — Vincent van Gogh
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. — Vincent van Gogh
I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream. — Vincent van Gogh
I dream my painting and I paint my dream. — Vincent van Gogh
It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoeve — Vincent van Gogh
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. — Lilith Saintcrow
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. — Molière
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we — John Ruskin
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get from it, but what th — John Ruskin
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by hu — John Ruskin
It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that s — John Ruskin
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel. — John Ruskin
All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hours, and the books — John Ruskin
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarati — John Ruskin
To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze — John Ruskin
Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow. — John Lennon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have on — Francis Bacon
Wonder is the seed of knowledge — Francis Bacon
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still un — Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but t — Francis Bacon
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. — Francis Bacon
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of hu — Francis Bacon
Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man wr — Francis Bacon
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. — Francis Bacon
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed a — Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be — Francis Bacon
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon
To err is human, to forgive, divine. — Alexander Pope
Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're — Richard Bach
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic wi — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
What we think, we become. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I hav — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
You only lose what you cling to. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in a — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and a — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts w — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Doubt everything. Find your own light. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it a — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victor — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beas — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a littl — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fi — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would cha — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Pain is certain, suffering is optional. — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with — Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha