“I was at peace with the world before, and this finish’d the treaty with myself.”— Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, "Calais", 1768Share
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”— Laurence SterneShare
“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal.”— ConfuciusShare
“To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.”— Gautama BuddhaShare
“I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.”— W. Somerset MaughamShare
“Occasionally I thought I glimpsed the truth, but soon found myself once again lost in a forest of ambiguities.”— Isabel AllendeShare
“My philosophy is of the heart and not of the mind, and I give myself up, for instance, to those feelings about eternity which come naturally at the bedside of a cherished child…”— Louis PasteurShare
