I'll tell you truly: I value my thought and work terribly, but in essence - think about it - this whole world of ours is just a bit of mildew that gr… - Leo Tolstoy

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand

إذا غاب عن الإنسان الفهم والبصيرة بأن كل ماهو مؤقت ليس إلا نوعاً من الوهم، فإنه لن يؤمن إلا بما هو مؤقت. أما إذا رأى ببصيرته أن كل ماهو موقوت ليس إلا وهم، فحينئذ سيؤمن بما هو باقٍ ودائم.

Every reform by violence is to be deprecated, because it does little to correct the evil while men remain as they are, and because wisdom has no need of violence.

There is a scale of virtues, and it is necessary, if one would mount the higher steps, to begin with the lowest; and the first virtue a man must acquire if he wishes to acquire the others, is that which the ancients called ἐγκράτεια or σωφροσύνη — i.e., self-control or moderation.