Sublime

A man should use that spiritual heritage which he has received from the wise and holy people of the past, but he should test everything with his intellect, accepting certain things and rejecting others.

'It's a stupid thing you are after, children, picking quarrels about such a paltry matter. Just think! The whole thing began about an egg. The children may have taken it — well, what matter? What's the value of one egg? God sends enough for all! And suppose your neighbour did say an unkind word — put it right; show her how to say a better one! If t

"We may live roughly, but at least we are free from anxiety. You live in better style than we do, but though you often earn more than you need, you are very likely to lose all you have. You know the proverb, 'Loss and gain are brothers twain.'

'Fortune turns like a wheel. One man it lifts, another it sets down! Does not the old man grieve over all he has lost?' 'Who can tell. He lives quietly and peacefully, and works well.'

Put at least half of your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon you will see that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness. —After EPICTETUS

Just as food is a necessary condition of life for each individual, so marriage is a necessary condition of life for humanity at large. And just as the abuse of food is the cause of great harm for the individual, so the abuse of marriage is the cause of the greatest harm for all mankind. Tolstoy

Only in the very latest times have a few of them begun to understand that work ought not to be a bugbear to some and like galley-slavery for others, but should be a common and happy occupation, uniting all men. They have begun to understand that with death constantly threatening each of us, the only reasonable business of every man is to spend the