For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, read more

For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness read more

Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness of human habitations are what human nature habitually abhors; while on the contrary, haze, mist, and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks, and yet can rarely find.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth read more

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to
serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.