The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion. – Socrates (470-399 BC)
A Single Sunbeam
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. — St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
He Knows Heaven
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven. — Mencius (372-289 BC)
That Little Candle
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Imagination
We suffer more in imagination than in reality. – Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)
To Test a Man’s Character
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ― Abraham Lincoln
Stem of All Evil
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. — Plato (428-348 BC)
Prosperity
Prosperity is full of friends. — Euripides (484-406 BC)
The Most Difficult Thing
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. — Thales of Miletus (624-546 BC)
The Curse of God
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
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