Joseph Addison Quotes

Joseph Addison was born in Wiltshire in May 1672. He was educated at Lamberton University and at Charterhouse School. It was at the latter that Addison met Richard Steele. They would soon distinguish themselves as essay-writers. However, Addison began his literary career as a poet. In fact, Addison's first major work, which was published in 1694, dealt with the lives of English poets. Here are a few quotes from some of Joseph Addison's verse.

Cato, Act II, Scene 1
True fortitude is seen in great exploits
That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides;
All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.

Cato, Act II, Scene 5
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.

Cato, Act V, Scene 1
It must be so, Plato, thou reasonest well!
-- Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?

Ode
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.

Spectator No. 68
In all thy humors, whether grave or mellow,
Thou 'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow,
Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee,
There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

A Letter From Italy
For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes,
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82) was a major figure in American literature. His life was plagued with his bad health and that of his dear ones. Here is a collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes to introduce you to the quintessential Ralph Waldo Emerson.
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.


It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.


There is no great and no small, To the Soul that maketh all; And where it cometh, all things are; And it cometh everywhere.


If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways, I keep and pass and turn again.


When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, “Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.”


Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?


Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.


I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things, Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.


I like a church; I like a cowl; I like a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles, Fall like sweet strains or pensive smiles: Yet not for all his faith can see, Would I that cowléd churchman be.


The hand that rounded Peter’s dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew: The conscious stone to beauty grew

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Quotes by John Keats

John Keats is a name that must figure in any list of the greatest English poets. But did you know that John Keats died at a very young age of 25? Just imagine the wealth of literature that he might have created had he lived longer. All the same, his existing body of work itself is so rich that he stands as a literary giant. This is a list of memorable John Keats quotes.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever

The poetry of earth is never dead.

Hear ye not the hum, Of mighty workings?

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

The days of peace and slumberous calm are fled.

As though a rose should shut and be a bud again.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is - Love, forgive us! - cinders, ashes, dust.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all, Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.

In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember,their green felcity

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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Poet, storyteller, and critic, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most highly regarded writers of American literature. His originality is his hallmark. At his time, however, there was a lot of criticism about his neuroticism, glorification of death, and other unacceptable concepts. This is a collection of some of the most famous Edgar Allan Poe quotes

Sound loves to revel in a summer night.


All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream.


Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.


To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome.


From a proud tower in the town, Death looks gigantically down.


Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!


This maiden she lived with no other thought, Than to love and be loved by me.


And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!


Can it be fancied that Deity ever vindictively, Made in his image a mannikin merely to madden it?


I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is Taste.


Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.


And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain, Thrilled me -- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.


Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before.


Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells, From the bells, bells, bells.


Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells, Through the balmy air of night, How they ring out their delight!


And all my days are trances, And all my nightly dreams, Are where thy dark eye glances, And where thy footstep gleams -- In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams.


The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere -- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October, Of my most immemorial year.


The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.

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Alexander Pope Quotes

Often I am amazed at how quotations from authors and poets of the yesteryears -- such as Alexander Pope -- remain true even today. Read this list of quotes to see the inherent truth in the words of Alexander Pope. Famous Alexander pope quotes are favorites of quotation lovers everywhere. If you want me to include your favorite Alexander Pope quotes on this site, please fill out the quotation suggestion form.

Heaven first taught letters for some wretch’s aid, Some banish’d lover, or some captive maid.

Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.

’T is true,’t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind remains.

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?

Reason’s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib’d, their present state.

I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.

Means not, but blunders round about a meaning; And he whose fustian’s so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad.

Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.’T is more by art than force of num’rous strokes.

Stuff the head, With all such reading as was never read: For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country’s cause?

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice — A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

Of all the causes which conspire to blind, Man’s erring judgment, and misguide the mind; What the weak head with strongest bias rules — Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Like leaves on trees the race of man is found — Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies: They fall successive, and successive rise.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.’T is not enough no harshness gives offence — The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right

On this page is a collection of short quotations by Alexander Pope. It is interesting to see how much meaning can be conveyed in so few wor
Die of a rose in aromatic pain.

At every word a reputation dies.

Achilles absent was Achilles still.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

The lot of man — to suffer and to die.

Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind.

Woman’s at best a contradiction still.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!

For love deceives the best of womankind.

For too much rest itself becomes a pain.

And for our country’t is a bliss to die.

Praise undeserv’d is scandal in disguise.

Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.

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William James Quotations

Although a doctor by qualification, William James is a well-known philosopher. He wrote extensively on psychology, including the voluminous Principles of Psychology. William James conducted research in epistemology as well as the philosophy of religion. He inspires us to keep the curious mind alive and never stop asking questions. These William James quotations will give you some food for thought.
Leadership
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Imagination
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

Funny
Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature.

Opportunities
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Life
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Happiness
We do not sing because we are happy, we are happy because we sing.

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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Think "existentialism", and you cannot get away from the name of Friedrich Nietzsche. This great German philosopher of the nineteenth century has written prolifically on a wide variety of subjects. Begin with some Friedrich Nietzsche quotes if you want to understand some of his ideas.

Joy
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!

Determination
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

Ambition
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Music
In music the passions enjoy themselves.

Business
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

Ability
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Life
Without music, life would be a mistake.

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Socrates Quotes

Socrates is synonymous with philosophy. One of the earliest known philosophers, Socrates laid the foundation for Western philosophy. Unfortunately, Socrates did not publish his philosophy. So most of the information about Socrates is gathered from Plato's writings. You will discover gems of wisdom in these quotes of Socrates, the enigmatic philosopher.
Desire
Be as you wish to seem.

Writing
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Character
He is the richest who is content with the least.

Action
Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Power
Let him who would move the world, first move himself.

Integrity
Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or after death.

Famous People
The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Life
The unexamined life is not worth living

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Confucius Quotes

Chinese history is incomplete without the mention of Confucius. As a thinker, philosopher, and teacher, Confucius expounded his views on social behavior and ethics. His wise words inspire us to enjoy life.
Problem Solving
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

Wisdom
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Integrity
Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness.

Friendship
Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Thought
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Work
Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.

Overcoming Failure
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Knowledge
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Integrity
Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.

Enthusiasm
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

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Quotes of Plato

Plato's contribution to the study of philosophy has been invaluable. Without Plato, much of modern philosophy would have been impossible. His teacher, Socrates, influenced Plato's thinking. You can sense the genius in these quotes of Plato.
Attitude
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Courage
Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Ability
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Beginning
The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Character
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Belief
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Dreams
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher; and philosophy begins in wonder.

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Aristotle Quotations

Dignity, humor, society, youth, misfortune -- these are just a few of the subjects that Aristotle expressed his views on. Given below is a collection of my favorite Aristotle quotations. With trademark forthrightness, Aristotle presents compelling ideas about human existence.

The gods too are fond of a joke.


The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.


To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.


We are what we repeatedly do.


Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.


Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.


Education is the best provision for old age.


Hope is a waking dream.


All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.


Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.


Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.


In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.


It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.


Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.


Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.


I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.


Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.


I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.


All men by nature desire knowledge.


It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.

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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Throughout his life, Mahatma Gandhi held certain principles dear to his heart and unfailingly adhered to them. The ebullient speaker that he was, the Mahatma's words were pearls of wisdom that inspired an entire nation to embrace his principles and tread the path showed by him. Following are some famous quotes by Mahatma Gandhi that captured the essence of Gandhi's values and beliefs:

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes

Jawaharlal Nehru was a man of great wisdom. Nehru was bestowed with a sublime eloquence which helped him connect with both common masses and noble statesmen with equal ease. A number of famous quotes have been ascribed to him which embody Nehru's beliefs and principles.

Given below are some quotes by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru:

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all

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Shankaracharya Quotes

In this article, we will provide you with some famous quotes by Adi Shakaracharya, who was a great spiritual leader. He can be attributed the credit for advocating the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. His philosophy was based on the concept of unification of the soul and Brahman, in which the Brahman was considered as having no characteristics. Read further and check out a few Sri Sankaracharya quotations.

Shankaracharya Quotes
"Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation."

"[I am] the nature of Pure Consciousness. I am always the same to beings, one alone; [I am] the highest Brahman, which, like the sky, is all-pervading, imperishable, auspicious, uninterrupted, undivided and devoid of action. I do not belong to anything since I am free from attachment. [I am] the highest Brahman... ever-shining, unborn, one alone, imperishable, stainless, all-pervading, and nondual-That am I, and I am forever released."

"The Shudra is not conceived of as a performer of Yajna or Vedic sacrifice"

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Osho Quotes

Osho is a very well known Indian spiritual master, who started the Osho movement. This Osho movement paved way for a new way of living life that is spiritual, philosophical as well as controversial. Well, in this article, we have provided some famous quotes by Osho.

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Only those who are ready to become nobodies are able to love.

Nobody is here to fulfill your dream. Everybody is here to fulfill his own destiny, his own reality.

If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against.

Don't choose. Accept life as it is in its totality.

When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised.

Life is a balance between rest and movement.

Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars. and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are

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Guru Nanak Quotes

Here are given some famous quotes by Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion. When it is the festive occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, the newspapers and magazines get filled with Baba Nanak quotations.

Guru Nanak Quotes
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

Whoever, styling himself as a teacher lives on the charity of others, never bow before him. He who earns his livelihood by the sweat of Hasbro and shares it with others. O Nanak only he can know the way.

The word is the Guru, The Guru is the Word, For all nectar is enshrined in the world Blessed is the word which reveal the Lord's name But more is the one who knows by the Guru's grace

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

The lord can never be established nor created; the formless one is limitlessly complete in Himself.

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

The word is the Guru, The Guru is the Word, For all nectar is enshrined in the world Blessed is the word which reveal the Lord's name But more is the one who knows by the Guru's grace.

He who shows the real home in this body is the Guru. He makes the five sounded word reverberate in man.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

As fragrance abides in the flower
As reflection is within the mirror,
So does your Lord abide within you,
Why search for him without?

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Sri Aurobindo Quotes

Here are presented some famous quotes by Aurobindo, who was a great Indian nationalist. For his good deeds, he is remembered by people even today. On one hand, where he is known to lead the Indian nationalist movement, then on the other hand, he initiated a new path of spirituality. If you surf the internet, there are plenty of websites, where you can find Sri Aurobindo Ghosh quotations. Read further and check out a few Sri Aurobindo quotes.

Hidden nature is secret God.

India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.

India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.

She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.

Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, - truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.

The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race.

To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.

They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage

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Mother Teresa Quotes

Every year, on the occasion of Mother Teresa's birthday, the newspapers and magazines get filled with Mother Teresa quotations. There are many websites that contain comprehensive writings on Mother Teresa. Below are presented some famous quotes by Mother Teresa, so check out:

Mother Teresa Quotes
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

I think I'm more difficult than critical.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.

What we need is to love without getting tired.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may
live as you wish.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven
will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love
God better because of them.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.

The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
Poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.


Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don't know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will NOT ask, How many good things have you done in your life?, rather he will ask, How much LOVE did you put into what you did?

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

I think I'm more difficult than critical.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Peace begins with a smile.

So many signatures for such a small heart.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work.

This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

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