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Ancient Wisdom - Quotations Selected by Reza Ganjavi
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret
places of the soul.
Plato
wie man in
den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus
But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy: that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly. — Plato
Know thyself. — Plato
"...perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself." Plato
The first and the best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile. — PlatoWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed
person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are
hateful and
petty. —
Aristotle
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the
right person,
to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in
the
right way – this is
not easy. – Aristotle (from the Nicomachaen Ethics)
Beauty is a gift of God. — Aristotle
How can you be proud of something you haven't done. Marina Peterhans
[we were speaking about problems with pride, and how it is the worst
turn-off, ,even for the most outwardly beautiful]
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids. — Aristotle
Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living are to the dead. — Aristotle
It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. — Aristotle
Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never- failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle
People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify
happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of
political life. — Aristotle
(from the
Nichomachean Ethics)
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
others. Gratitude includes the remembering of friendships and
of services rendered by others, and the desire to requite
them. Marcus Tullius Cicero
As emperor, Rome is my city and my country; but as a human being I belong to the world. — Marcus Aurelius
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Socrates
Give me
the place to stand, and I shall move the earth"
— Archimedes
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you
break your
word or lose you self-respect. — Marcus Aurelius
For nothing is so conducive to greatness of mind as the ability to examine systematically and honestly everything that meets us in life. — Marcus Aurelius
Whatever man thou meetest, put to thyself at once this question: What are this man's convictions about good and evil? Marcus Aurelius
For greed, all nature is too little. — Seneca, Roman statesman and author
I criticize by creation, not by finding fault. — Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Roman orator, philosopher and statesman
Character is fate. — Heraclitus, ancient Greek historian
The desire for friendship comes quickly; friendship does not," Aristotle
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop, ancient Greek moralist
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. — Sophocles, ancient Greek dramatist
Everytime we seem to have found a proper organization somebody wants to change it. A Greek General
Beloved Pan, and all ye other gods who haunt this place, make me
beautiful
within, and grant that what-ever happens outside of me will help my
soul
to grow. May I always be aware that true wealth lies in wisdom, and may
my
"gold" be so abundant that only a wise man can lift and carry it away.
For
me that is prayer enough. -- Socrates
The best state should be greatly concerned with virtue - Aristotle:
Politics, Book III.
Buddha: Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
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Commonwealths fall and perish when good citizens cannot be
distinguished from bad.
Antisthenes ( b. 444? B.C., d. after 371 B.C., Greek philosopher,)
quoted by Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers Book VI.
More quotes by Antisthenes:
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.
On being praised by some wicked men, I am sadly afraid that I must have
done some wicked thing.
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your
mistakes.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a
madman is not cured by another running mad also.
When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life