Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Quote by Heraclitus

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Insecurity Quotes

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.