The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. La Bruyere, Jean
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. Shakespeare, William
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. La Rochefoucauld, François
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. Porter, Jane
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Bacon, Francis
The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation. It is not anxious about things and yet is plans well. Heaven’s net is indeed vast. Though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing. […]
The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. Ching, I
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. Chesterton, G.K.
The whole business of your life overwhelms you when you live alone. One’s stupefied by it. To get rid of it you try to daub some of it off on to people who come to see you, and they hate that. To be alone trains one for death. Céline, Louis-Ferdinand
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. Ellis, Havelock
The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider…The riders contend for its possession. Luther, Martin
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Scott, Sir Walter
