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“A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures.”
Human, All Too Human • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.”
Seagull • Anton Chekhov“ "What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“What is that the inherence of which, will render the body alive? [The soul.] ...Then whatever the soul possesses, to that she comes bearing life? ...And is there an opposite to life? [Death.] Then the soul, as she has been acknowledged, will never receive the opposite of what she brings. ...And what do we call the principle which does not admit of death? [The immortal.] And does the soul admit of death? [No.] Then the soul is immortal? [Yes.]”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.”
Fragment • Epictetus