Monday, June 06, 2005
“If you bear the cross willingly, it will bear you.”
- Thomas á Kempis (c. 1380 – 1471), German mystic, monk and writer:“De Imitatione Christi”, 1820.
“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
- Confuscius (c.550 – c. 478 BC), Chinese philosopher and teacher of ethics: “Analects”
“I consider the world as made for me, not me for the world: it is my maxim therefore to enjoy it while I can, and let futility shift for itself.”
- Tobias Smollett (1721 – 1771), Scottish writer, satirist, historian, traveler and physician: “The Adventures of Roderick Random”, 1748.
- Thomas á Kempis (c. 1380 – 1471), German mystic, monk and writer:“De Imitatione Christi”, 1820.
“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
- Confuscius (c.550 – c. 478 BC), Chinese philosopher and teacher of ethics: “Analects”
“I consider the world as made for me, not me for the world: it is my maxim therefore to enjoy it while I can, and let futility shift for itself.”
- Tobias Smollett (1721 – 1771), Scottish writer, satirist, historian, traveler and physician: “The Adventures of Roderick Random”, 1748.
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