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Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
— Michel de Montaigne
On Focus & Distraction
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
— Michel de Montaigne
On Confidence
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
— Michel de Montaigne
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
— Michel de Montaigne
On Confidence
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
— Michel de Montaigne
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
— Sophocles
On Focus & Distraction
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
— Sophocles
On Starting Over
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
— Sophocles
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
— Sophocles
On Purpose
There is no greater wrong than to be unjust.
— Sophocles
On Purpose
We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
— Blaise Pascal
On Focus & Distraction
I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
— Blaise Pascal
On Focus & Distraction
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
— Blaise Pascal
On the Working Life
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.
— Blaise Pascal
On Confidence
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.
— Blaise Pascal
On Purpose
The measure of love is to love without measure.
— Saint Augustine
On Confidence
Love, and do what you will.
— Saint Augustine
On Purpose
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.
— Saint Augustine
On Purpose
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
— Saint Augustine
On Confidence
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— Saint Augustine
On Discipline
We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up.
— Mary Shelley
On Starting Over
There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand.
— Mary Shelley
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Invention does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.
— Mary Shelley
On the Working Life
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
— Mary Shelley
On Confidence
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose.
— Mary Shelley
On Purpose
Money is a needful and precious thing — and, when well used, a noble thing — but I never want you to think it is the fi…
— Louisa May Alcott
On Money, Plainly
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believ…
— Louisa May Alcott
On Purpose
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth o…
— Louisa May Alcott
On Discipline
I like good strong words that mean something.
— Louisa May Alcott
On the Working Life
Love is a great beautifier.
— Louisa May Alcott
On Purpose