The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
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Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
When divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
The person who understands the dynamics of changing circumstances, lives
his life satisfied in the present. Of course, he keeps an eye on how things are
shaping... As a result, the moment he sees anything ready on a platter, he
immediately grabs it with both hands.
-Deep Trivedi
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
-Henry David Thoreau
What is the difference between foolishness and deviousness? The consequences
of both have to be faced equally, anyway.
-Deep Trivedi
Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking… fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals; place them day and night before you; and out of that will come great work.
-Swami Vivekananda
To prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame.
-Dhammapada
