“We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Character
Sharon Salzberg on Life and Education
“We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Seriousness
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.” Continue reading
Socrates on Wisdom
“If a man would move the world, he must first move himself.” Continue reading
Eleanor Roosevelt on Character
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Continue reading
Sun Tzu on War and Wisdom
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Continue reading
Epictetus on Difficulty
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.” Continue reading
Albert Einstein on Success
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” Continue reading
Jesse Owens on Dreams
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Continue reading
Ernest Hemingway on Character
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Continue reading