Prosperity

In prosperity let us particularly avoid pride, disdain and arrogance. - Cicero

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. - Calvin Coolidge


Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean. - Mark Twain

The Devil made me do it

In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, Lucifer could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige. - C. S. Lewis

To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies and propaganda, of wishful thinking, of incessant autobiography. - C. S. Lewis

The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the Sign of the Cross. - St. Anthony of Egypt

The Devil never runs upon a man to seize him with his claws until he sees him on the ground, already having fallen by his own will. - St. Thomas More

Food for thought

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. - Robert Heinlein

Curiosity

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. - Samuel Johnson

The important thing is to not stop questioning. - Albert Einstein

Tuesday quotes for yu'al

The more he talked of his honor the faster we counted our spoons. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

You are no bigger than the things that annoy you. - Jerry Bundsen

Monday Proverbs

All is not cream that comes from a cow. - Yiddish Proverb

Measure a thousands times and cut once. - Turkish Proverb

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. - Nigerian Proverb

Chinese Proverbs

It is difficult to forgive those who steal our time. - Chinese Proverb

A single tree cannot make a forest. A single beam cannot support a great house. - Chinese Proverb

Be slow to promise but quick to perform. - Chinese Proverb