Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

Quote by Seneca

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If you wish to be loved, love

If you wish to be loved, love

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

The whole world is my native land

The whole world is my native land

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer.

The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer.