Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune; and many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.

Quote by St Basil

Topics: Hunger Quotes, Trouble Quotes

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...

Valentines Day is a masochistic holiday. If you're in a relationship, then this is the...

Valentines Day is a masochistic holiday. If you're in a relationship, then this is the...

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but...

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

The period of earthly life in your greater existence is similar to the 15 minutes...

The period of earthly life in your greater existence is similar to the 15 minutes...

I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever...

I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was...

There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all...

At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all...

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

It is impossible to imagine existence void of any intelligence.

It is impossible to imagine existence void of any intelligence.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...