Sublime

The only means to gain one’s ends with people are force and cunning. Love also, they say; but that is to wait for sunshine, and life needs every moment. JOHANN VON GOETHE, 1749-1832

“Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.”

The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognising a truth which has already been recognised by others.

author Matthew Kelly said, ‘You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year of books’

“a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.”

Il est peu digne d'un homme d'aller cueillant de menues fleurs, de s'appuyer d'un petit nombre d'adages rebattus, de se guinder sur des citations. Qu'il s'appuie sur lui-même, que ce soit lui qui parle, non ses souvenirs. Honte au vieillard et à l'homme arrivé en vue de la vieillesse qui n'a pour sagesse que de remémorer celle d'autrui.

Stoic philosopher Epictetus put it this way: “Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. If you don’t, you’ll be ruined …. You must choose whether to be loved by these friends and remain the same person, or to become a better person at the cost o

Des personnalités qui ont accédé parfois aux sommets de la réussite cachent fréquemment un obscur sentiment d'infériorité parce que rien ne leur suffit ; les égomaniaques ne reçoivent jamais assez de marques extérieures de respect et d'adoration.

Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people, that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? “I will speak ill of no man,” he said, “… and speak all the good I know of everybody.”