Today Quotes
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Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
It is the mind that makes the man.Ovid
Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.Marcus Aurelius
After the greatest clouds, the sun.Alan of Lille
Meet the sunrise with confidence.Alonzo Newton Benn
For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita
The downside to being better than everyone is that people seem to think you are pretentious.Despair.com
To find yourself, think for yourself.Socrates, The Apology
...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.J. R. R. Tolkien
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.John Milton, Paradise Lost