To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it - who can say this is not greatness?
- William Makepeace Thackeray
This Moment is Enough
Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough,
A flask of wine, a book of verse - and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness -
And wilderness is enow.
-Edward FitzGerald
A flask of wine, a book of verse - and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness -
And wilderness is enow.
-Edward FitzGerald
Staving Off the Proverbial Tomorrow
We know nothing of tomorrow; our business is to be good and happy today.
- Sydney Smith
In the Moment
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus
Contentment
No lure is greater than to possess what others want, no disaster greater than not to be content with what one has.
-Lao Tzu
Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than what they see.
- Julius Caesar
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