“Therefore I beg you, reader, not to rejoice too greatly if you have read much, but if you have understood much. Nor that you have understood much, but that you have been able to retain it. Otherwise it is of little profit either to read or to understand.”
― The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor: A Medieval Guide to the Arts
― The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor: A Medieval Guide to the Arts
“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”
― Still Life with Woodpecker
― Still Life with Woodpecker
“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
― The Consolation of Philosophy
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