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Monday, February 13, 2023
Fortune Quote #3856
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. --
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Fortune Quote #3855
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes
humility. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
humility. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Fortune Quote #3854
He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is
method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical. --
GK Chesterton
method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical. --
GK Chesterton
Friday, February 10, 2023
Fortune Quote #3853
So long as the desire of man towards woman, even the smallest, is not
destroyed, so long is his mind in bondage, as the calf that drinks milk is
to its mother. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XX
destroyed, so long is his mind in bondage, as the calf that drinks milk is
to its mother. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XX
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Fortune Quote #3852
Let, therefore, no man love anything; loss of the beloved is evil. Those
who love nothing, and hate nothing, have no fetters. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter XVI
who love nothing, and hate nothing, have no fetters. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter XVI
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Fortune Quote #3851
If a man make himself as he teaches others to be, then, being himself well
subdued, he may subdue others; for one's own self is difficult to
subdue. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XII
subdued, he may subdue others; for one's own self is difficult to
subdue. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XII
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Fortune Quote #3850
A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but
his knowledge does not grow. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XI
his knowledge does not grow. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XI
Monday, February 6, 2023
Fortune Quote #3849
Well-makers lead the water wherever they like; fletchers bend the arrow;
carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves. --
The Dhammapada, Chapter X
carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves. --
The Dhammapada, Chapter X
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Fortune Quote #3848
Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying on the
earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can purify a mortal
who has not overcome desires. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter X
earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can purify a mortal
who has not overcome desires. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter X
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Fortune Quote #3847
Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter into the
clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where a
man might be freed from an evil deed. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX
clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where a
man might be freed from an evil deed. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX
Friday, February 3, 2023
Fortune Quote #3846
Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come
nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled;
the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by
little. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX
nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled;
the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by
little. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Fortune Quote #3845
If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if
another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter VIII
another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter VIII
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Fortune Quote #3844
The fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least so far. But a fool
who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter V
who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter V
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