Character Quote by Lao Tzu

“I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but…

— Socrates

“No person is great in and of themselves; they must touch the lives of other great beings that will inspire them, lift them, and…

— Chris Brady

“Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration and not enough character.…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry; And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none”

— John Milton

“It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”

— Bertrand Russell

“That day, I thought that I held something important and that my life would be changed. But nothing of this nature is acquired definitively.…

— Nicolas Bouvier

“Generosity generates freedom in the giver. It frees you from being possessed by possessions. After all, you only really own something when you have…

— Will Jelbert

“I have chosen two concepts to guide my thoughts and actions. They are stronger than the pressure of society, the constraints of morality, the…

— Gamal Hennessy

“Conscience, the divine nature within us, sees everything as connected, what’s good for all is always its priority.”

— Ilchi Lee

“Live a fruitful life. Resist evil. Give more than you take. Help others do likewise. The rest will take care of itself.”

— Brandon Mull

“The plan which I had formed in the beginning, to give in in all minor matters, so as to keep what was of vital…

— Isak Dinesen

“Life for most people compels the exercise of the lower gifts and wastes the precious ones, until it forces us to agree that there…

— Virginia Woolf