Kari Hohne

To know fulfillment, nourish what is for the belly and not the eye.

The rain comes and what bends will rise. It is a purposeful journey.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort. It spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men: It reveals Secrets, is Quarrelsome, Lascivious, Impudent, Dangerous and Mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

In all evils which admits a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes the time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove the cause.

There are charms made only for distance admiration.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?

Sir, I have found you an argument. I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.