Horace

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

Clogged with yesterday’s excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss.

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one’s self-approval.

Softness has such a power to it. When you choose to soften into something, it relaxes, opens, tension releases. Stuck energy flows like blood coursing through veins, bringing much needed oxygen. Life force and warmth enters, connection is rekindled. Find the trust you need to allow softness in; it really is healing.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Today is Trinity Sunday. Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice: Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.

If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.

So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.