The test of any man lies in action.
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Anand Thakur
The test of any man lies in action.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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