69 Quotes About Irish-poet

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.