Activity Quote by Charles William Eliot

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he…

— Bill W

As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in…

— Erich Fromm

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for…

— Plato

Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.

— Khalil Gibran

If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.

— Marcus Aurelius

“People can’t help other people if they have too many of their own problems. They can’t do what’s right for the planet if they…

— Dolores Cannon

He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.

— Thomas a Kempis

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.

— Elie Wiesel

Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.

— Marcus Aurelius

“Unless we recognize a higher power to whom we are responsible and who observes and knows our actions, we will not transcend the selfishness…

— Daniel Friedmann

“Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to swerve…

— Baron d'Holbach