As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating – so a man should be tested by these four things: his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.
—Chanakya Neeti
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
—Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Hindu Polymath)
When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.
—Byron Katie (American Speaker)
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given.—For the morrow we are told to trust.—It is not ours yet.
—George MacDonald (Scottish Christian Author)
Action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
—George Washington (American Head of State)
But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms.
—George MacDonald (Scottish Christian Author)
Those born blind cannot see;|similarly blind are those in the grip of lust.|Proud men have no perception of evil; and|those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
—Chanakya Neeti
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
—Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch Jewish Humanist)
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
—Malcolm Forbes (American Publisher)