The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE)
"Wisdom is better
than practice,
and focused mind
is better than wisdom.
Letting go of
the fruit of action
is...
The Thousand and One Nights
(a large collection of anonymously-authored stories of Indian, Persian and Arabian origin, compiled and edited between the 9th and 15th...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"Only the person who has been wronged knows how sweet and how intense is the desire for revenge."
The Decameron (Third Day,...
The Buddha (6th-5th centuries BCE)
"Health is the finest possession.
Contentment is the ultimate wealth.
Trustworthy people are the best relatives.
Unbinding is the supreme ease."
The Dhammapada (Verses...
The Bhagavad Gita (dated between the 2nd century BCE and 2nd century CE)
"One should have watchful insight
into action,
watchful insight
into wrong action,
and watchful insight
into non-action.
The...
The Buddha (6th-5th century BCE)
"Do not speak harshly to anyone.
Those to whom you speak
might respond to you."
The Dhammapada (Verses on the Way, Chapter 10), recorded...
Lucan (c. 39-65)
"The Madness of war is upon us, the power of iron,
the fist, will confound all justice, and wicked crimes
will be called virtue—and...
Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE)
"He who thinks of his own pleasures and shrinks from fighting is very likely, because of his irresolution, to lose those...
The Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE)
"Wisdom is better
than practice,
and focused mind
is better than wisdom.
Letting go of
the fruit of action
is...
