Always choose the path that seems best even if it seems more difficult. The habit will soon make it pleasant. Pythagoras Pythagoras (in ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας / Puthagóras) is a pre-Socratic religious reformer and philosopher who is said to have been born around 580 BC on Samos, an island in the Aegean Sea south-east of the city of Athens; his…
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The greatest crime is to kill the language of a nation with all that it contains of hope and genius. Charles Nodier Jean-Charles-Emmanuel Nodier was a French writer, novelist and academician (29 April 1780 in Besançon – 27 January 1844 in Paris). He is attributed great importance in the birth of the Romantic movement. What does Charles Nodier wish to…
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The greatest reward a man gets for his labour is not what he has gotten out of it, but what it has turned him into. John Ruskin John Ruskin, born 8 February 1819 in Bloomsbury, London, died 20 January 1900 in Coniston (Cumbria), was a British writer, poet, painter and art critic. What did the author wish to tell us…
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What persuades is the character of the speaker, not his language. Ménandre Ménandros (in ancient Greek Μένανδρος / Ménandros) is a Greek comic author, disciple of the philosopher Theophrastus. Considered one of the most important representatives of the New Comedy, he worked in the last quarter of the 4th century BC. With this phrase Menander tells us that who we…
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The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The important thing is not to have won, but to have fought. Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin (born Charles Pierre Fredy de Coubertin), Baron de Coubertin, born on January 1, 1863 in Paris and died on September 2, 1937 in Geneva, Switzerland, was a French historian and…
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Simplicity of life is the sign of true prosperity. Swami Ramdas Swami Ramdas (1884 – 1963) of his real name Vittal Rao is an Indian philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim. He is recognized in India and also in the West as a spiritual master of the Hindu tradition. With this sentence, Swami Ramdas synthesizes an increasingly popular idea that happiness lies…
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Don’t you have the feeling that when you get up in the morning you feel slightly different. Your dreams have left an imprint on you that you don’t remain insensitive to. These dream influences operate like the limbo from which you are reborn every morning. Of course, you are the same person. However, your thoughts and feelings can change greatly…
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We all have a reserve of love that is expressed indiscriminately at our birth. This is what is commonly known as the purity or innocence of children. How is it that we sometimes lose this reservoir of benevolence and compassion that we are all provided with when we are born? The first answer to this is our education: we are…
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Invest in self-knowledge and self-improvement Many relationships are doomed to failure before they have even begun, as individuals lack maturity, which leads them to inconsistency and straying. Self-knowledge is the basis of the relationship with others. If we know who we are, we may be able to make choices about who we want to see in our lives. The problem…
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Don’t download manicheist mental software We must be wary of living according to a dualistic way of thinking since it prevents nuances and can hinder our development for many years. There are of course philosophical and religious influences to dualistic thinking, nevertheless let us take an interest in this “winner / loser” diptych which most often comes to us from…
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