Sorrow Quotes by William Jones

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.

— William Jones

I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious,…

— William Jones

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

— William Jones

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

— William Jones

“Live as if you already are what you wish to become.”

— William Jones

Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.

— William Jones

The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the…

— William Jones

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.

— William Jones

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”

— William Jones

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.

— William Jones

[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.

— William Jones

An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.

— William Jones