“It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love.”— Vauvenargues, Reflections and Maxims (1746), tr. E. Lee (1903)Share
“Those who continually slander, rarely do injury: they imagine more evil than they can accomplish.”— VauvenarguesShare
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”— William ShakespeareShare
“There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.”— ConfuciusShare
“In Oran, as elsewhere, for want of time and thought, people have to love one another without knowing it.”— Albert CamusShare
“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”— Khalil GibranShare
“The heart of life is a sphere quiet and serene, and the star that shines therein is fixed for evermore.”— Khalil GibranShare
“The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret.”— Khalil GibranShare
