Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
THOMAS MORERose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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Friendship demands attention.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.
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