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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep,
The sky if no longer dark tempests deform;
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If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep,
The sky if no longer dark tempests deform;
When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep?
No! Here's to the pilot that weather'd the storm!
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful read more
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no read more
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.
[Lat., Conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas.
Et melius nulla quaeritur arte favor.]
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to read more
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to read more
If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
