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No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. Plutarch
Man Would Would-Be Clay Left Then Fortune Bricks Ever Chance
If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts. Ramana Maharshi
Thoughts You Will Thought Own Every Find Rises Self Soon Stern Make Effort Going Where Your Vigilant Deeper Inner Reject Inner Self Need
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only. Ramana Maharshi
Good Ego Mind Free Gone Bad Neither Only Results Self Qualities Nor Itself Realisation Centre Round
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress. Ramana Maharshi
Freedom Spiritual Thoughts Progress Thought Degree Single Unwanted Gauge Freedom From Concentration Single Thought Measures
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. Robert M. Pirsig
You Mountains Tops Find Only Up Zen Bring
Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant. Sidney Hook
Tolerance Intolerant Always Limits Itself Cannot Tolerate Actively
Humility is attentive patience. Simone Weil
Patience Humility Attentive
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. Sissela Bok
Deceived Liars Those Share Deceive Desire
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming. Soren Kierkegaard
Man Nothing Every He Know Becoming How Doing Getting Afraid Which Capable Much Every Man
Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. Soren Kierkegaard
Truth Man Personality Made Own Ripe Only His
The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you. Soren Kierkegaard
Truth You Truth Is Way Only Catch Without Caught Snare Being Cannot Such A Way
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Soren Kierkegaard
Obey Believe Because Hard
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. Sri Aurobindo
Life Man Dog Own No Difference Cat Advantage Idea Between Conception Human Difference Whether
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. Sun Tzu
Life Death War Art Safety Matter State Ruin Neglected Inquiry Life And Death Vital Road Importance Subject Art Of War Account Either Which Hence
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. Sun Tzu
Good Enemy Opportunity Old First Defeat Possibility Put Beyond Waited Themselves Then Fighters Defeating
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. Sun Tzu
War Art Best Good Enemy Country Destroy Take Shatter Practical Intact Art Of War Whole Thing
Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always 'I am healthily in body and mind'. Swami Sivananda
Mind Will Thinking Constantly Feel Always Am Disease Body Medical
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers. Swami Sivananda
Spiritual Meekness Cowardice Humility Indeed Weakness Powers
Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate. Swami Sivananda
Practice Meditation Leads Bliss Eternal Regularly Therefore Meditate
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. Thales
Thought Stronger Submit Nothing Active Universe Must More Over Than Travels Necessity
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle. Theodore Zeldin
Time Great You Yourself Else Everyone Our Everyone Else Our Time Penetrate Only Mystery Puzzle Also How Person Each Enigma
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. Thomas Carlyle
Positive Sad Time Strength Man Better Will Power Sullen More Longer Cheerful Cheerfulness Than Same Wondrous Same Time Endurance Preserve
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. Thomas Carlyle
Merit Sincerity Novelty Originality
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle
Adversity Diamond Dust Heaven Jewels
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. Thomas Carlyle
Faith World Kings Only Brute Brute Force Force Persuasion
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle
Wisdom Ignorance Collective Believe Individual
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