A Calendar of Wisdom: New Translation (Alma Classics)

Clever people study for the sake of knowledge; insignificant people study so that they can become known. Eastern wisdom

If you know the truth, or if at least you think you know the truth, then you should convey it as simply as you can, and, most importantly, as gently and as lovingly as you can, to the person you are conveying it to. Tolstoy

In any controversy, the instant we feel angry, we have already ceased striving for Truth, and begun striving for ourselves. Carlyle, ‘Voltaire’

If someone has offended me that is his business – that is the sort of person he is and that is the kind of thing he does. I have my own way of doing things, which in my opinion comes naturally to all human beings, and I will remain faithful to that principle in everything I do. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Cowardice is knowing what you should do and then not doing it. Confucius

All living beings possess particular faculties enabling them to know their place in the world; for a human being this faculty is reason. If your reason does not tell you your place in the world or your purpose in life, then you should be aware that this is not because the world is badly organized or because of your reason itself, but because of the

If you live with someone close to you it is a good thing to agree between yourselves to stop each other as soon as one of you begins to criticize the other. Tolstoy

Always remember that people will always act in their own best interests. If an action should actually turn out to be in someone’s best interests then that person is right. But if he should be mistaken, then it will be so much the worse for him, since every error is always followed by suffering. If we always bear this in mind, then we shall never ne

I know that I must watch myself constantly, I know that heaven knows everything and that its laws are immutable. I know that it can see everything, enters into everything and is present in everything. Heaven penetrates the depths of everybody’s heart just as a light illuminates a dark room. We must strive to reflect its light, just as two perfectly