The ancients said that for persons who cultivated body and mind, and who are virtuous and honorable, death is an experience of liberation, a long-awaited rest from a lifetime of labors. Death helps the unscrupulous person to put an end to the misery ...
Well the other thing about lying is that the liar is banking on two things when telling the lie. They are hoping that the person being lied to is gullible enough to believe, and it’s also not even that they think they are gullible, it’s that they...
A person is a person through other persons. None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order t...
Whenever I travel to a poor country, I try to help at least one person. Usually, that person helps me just as much - I can find a local poor person to be my guide or my interpreter. That person makes money from me, I make money from him or her, we bo...
!!!.. "That" happiness most of us searched for (and we thought it’s about getting a person but it) was never about getting a person, we started perceiving that “person” as our life goal and we thought all we have to do in life is to get this pe...
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
One's own simple bread is much better than someone else's pilaf.
Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place.
Better the cold blast of winter than the hot breath of a pursuing elephant.
It is better to work in your own land than to count your money abroad.
Better a slap from your friend than a kiss from your enemy.
Better return half way than lose yourself.
Better a small fire that warms you than a big one that burns you.
Better to have a friend on the road than gold and silver in your purse.
Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
It's better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors.
It is better to have bread left over than to run short of wine.
A piece of bread in your pocket is better than a feather in your hat.
Better your enemy who you recognize than a dark friend.
Better ten times ill than one time dead.
It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with an idiot.
