Selected quotes - page 4

- How can you believe in God? Have you seen your God? - I haven't actually seen God. But I have performed many brain surgeries, and when I opened the skull, I never saw a mind in there either. And I never found a conscience there either. (Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky))
Hell can't be made attractive, so the devil makes attractive the road that leads there. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
The most dangerous creature in this world is a fake friend. View quote
Life gives nothing to man without labor. View quote
Horace
Eat to live, not live to eat. View quote
Socrates
Poverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. View quote
Plato
A wise person can always correct their mistakes, while a foolish one usually cannot even admit them. View quote
Take care of yourselves for the sake of your children! No one else will love them the way you do... View quote
Happy is the one who has learned to admire, not to envy. View quote
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. View quote
Mark Twain
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. (Friedrich Schiller)
An evil person is like a piece of coal: if it doesn't burn, it blackens you. View quote
Anacharsis
Better bread with salt in peace and without sorrow than many expensive dishes in grief and suffering. View quote
John Chrysostom
Silence is a source of great strength. View quote
Laozi
Without love living is easy; but it's meaningless. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. View quote
Plato
With lies, you can go far, but returning from there is very difficult. View quote
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. View quote
Grace Hopper
Good deeds as well as bad may incur hatred. View quote
Niccolò Machiavelli
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. (Carl Jung)
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. View quote
Confucius
If you want to understand a person's worth, give them a little trust and see how they use it. View quote
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. View quote
Confucius