Horace

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Strange – is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

In the word of no master am I bound to believe.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

Hate has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Why is that others have so much faith in me, while I have so little? Why can’t I have the same belief in me that they have? Why can’t I see in myself, what they do? What is it that makes me, hold myself back? How many more hurdles do I need to overcome? There are so many questions that I have to find the answers to. And I will only find them by focusing and being completely honest with myself.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you children, — for parents sometimes chide their children too severely; nor brothers only, — for brothers differ. The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man’s body were to be divided into two parts, we are all one flesh and blood.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Poverty consist in feeling poor.

Stay at home in your mind. Don’t recite other people’s opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.