#noble

These Sutras are reminiscent of the Four Noble Truths of Lord Buddha: the misery of the world, the cause of misery, the removal of that misery, and the method used to remove it. Patanjali tells us that pain can be avoided. He further tells us that its cause is ignorance. (115) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#ignorance #pain #yoga-sutra #yoga

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble. ↗

— Mark Twain

#sharing #noble

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#give #noble #offense #should #take

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#friends #noble

Ah, my princess. Noble steed. How does the morning find you both? ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#foaly #holly-short #orion #noble

Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest... ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#noble

He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying to restrain him." "How noble. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#blue #lol #pit-bulls #raven-boys #noble

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. ↗

— Martin Luther

#art #god #greatest #next #noble