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 judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

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.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

Nothing is ours except time.

Nothing is ours except time.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though...

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though...