You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another;…

Quote by Giovanni Boccaccio

Topics: Clarity Quotes, Mind Quotes, Power Quotes

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to...

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to...

Do as we say, and not as we do.

Do as we say, and not as we do.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they...

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they...

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

All the way to heaven is heaven

All the way to heaven is heaven

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

Hell is indefinite

Hell is indefinite

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will...

Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...