H Quotes
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“He who immerses himself in sexual intercourse will be assailed by premature aging, his strength will wane, his eyes will weaken, and a bad odour will emit from his mouth and his armpits, his teeth will fall out and many other maladies will afflict him.”
“He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.”
“He who in given cases consents to obey his fellows with servility, and who submits his will, and even his thoughts, to their control, how can he pretend that he wishes to be free?”
Source: Democracy in America
“He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.”
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
“He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.”
Source: Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources
“He who indulges his sense in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the man, and sets his two natures at variance.”
“He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.”
“He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.”
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers ...: no. 1. Booker T. Washington. no. 2. Thomas Arnold. no. 3. Erasmus. no. 4. Hypatia. no. 5. St. Benedict. no. 6. Mary Baker Eddy
“He who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.”
“He who injures living beings is not noble. He is called noble because he is gentle and kind towards all living beings.”
“He who injures one man threatens many.”
“He who integrates is lost.”
Source: The Stars Down to Earth
“He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.”
Source: The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV
“He who invites us to follow will always be out in front of us with His Spirit and influence setting the pace. He has charted and marked the course, opened the gates, and shown the way. He has invited us to come unto Him, and the best time to enjoy His companionship is straightway. We can best get on the course and stay on the course by doing as Jesus did-make a total commitment to do the will of His Father.”
Source: Be of Good Cheer
“He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more often be induced to continue the struggle by being rigorously reminded of God's judgment. In this way he will not only be moved by love to desire what is divine, but will be moved by fear to avoid what is evil. For 'I will sing to Thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment' (Ps. 101:1 LXX). He will sing to God charmed by love, and steeled by fear he will have strength for the song.”
“He who is a firstling is ever sacrificed.”
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.”
“He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.”
“He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.”
Source: Laotzu's Tao and wu-wei: A new translation by Bhikshu Wai-tao and Dwight Goddard. Interpretive essays by Henri Borel. Outline of Taoist philosophy and religion by Dr. Kiang Kang-hu
“He who is absolutely right is absolutely wrong”
“He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ. It is for this purpose that the mild tribunal of penitence was here initiated, in order that we, being cleansed and amended through penitence here below, may give an answer without shame at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ.”
“He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.”
“He who is afraid is half beaten.”
“He who is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six”
Source: The Ring of Wind
“He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.”
Source: The Importance of Living
“He who is allowed to do as he likes will soon run his head into a brick wall out of sheer frustration.”
“He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.”
Source: Swami Vivekananda on Himself
“He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.”
Source: The Works of Horace, ...: In Two Volumes
“He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.”
“He who is anxious to attain a true understanding of holy Scripture, will discover the spiritual truths which are spoken by it to those who are called "spiritual," by comparing the meaning of what is addressed to those of weaker mind with what is announced to such as are of acuter understanding, both meanings being frequently found in the same passage by him who is capable of comprehending it.”
“He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan.”
Source: Men and manners: sketches and essays
“He who is attached to things will suffer much.”
Source: 道德经
“He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.”
“He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.”
“He who is born of God, overcomes the world”
“He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul.”
Source: An Island Garden
“He who is brave is free.”
“He who is bruised never fear the blade.”
“He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.”
Source: Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens
“He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one.”
“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”
Source: The Dragonbone Chair: Book One of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
“He who is chaste in flesh should not be proud, for he should know that he owes the gift of continence to another.”
“He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.”
Source: Principles of the Christian Religion: extracted from the Clavis Biblica of the Rev. A. Clarke
“He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage.”
“He who is contented is rich.”
“He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal; however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be.”
“He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.”
“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”
Source: Lectures on Ethics
“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.”