#ear

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#facing #fearless #let us #pray #sheltered

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#damned #getting #hear #i #i am

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#enforced #legislation #may #rest #system

What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#tears

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#another time #born #child #learning #limit

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#heart #lies #love #love is #mere

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#dark #great #great silence #great truth #sea

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#great #humility #nearest

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#earth #effort #endless #heaven #listening