Emotions and Feelings

How singular is the thing called pleasure, and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it; for they never come to a man together, and yet he who pursues either of them is generally compelled to take the other. They are two, and yet they grow together out of one head or stem.

Hope,' he says, 'cherishes the soul of him who lives justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey; hope which is mightiest to sway the restless soul of man.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him

Friends have all things in common.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, inasmuch as he is not even stable, because he loves a thing which is in itself unstable, and therefore when the bloom of youth which he was desiring is over, he takes wing and flies away, in spite of all his words and promises; whereas the love of the noble disposition is life-long, for it becomes one with the everlasting.

Everyone seeks his half

Even the gods love jokes.

Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to fear.

An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

A person's desires force him to something to reason and he berates himself and gets indignant with the part that forces him, and his spirit allies with reason as though reason and desire were at civil war.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the blackness of corroding despair.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the blackness of corroding despair.

One ought not to be obstinate, except when one ought to be; but when one ought to be, then one ought to be unshakable.

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world . . . would do this, it would change the earth.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important.

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.