“As eternity is longer than time, as mind is stronger than matter, as thought is swifter than the wind, as genius is more potent than gold, so will the results of well-directed labors toward the development of man's higher faculties ever outweigh a thousand fold any estimate in the currency of commerce, which man can put upon such efforts.” MenMindWellsMatterResultsEffortWindDevelopmentGeniusHigherThousandLaborGoldEternityStrongerFacultyCommerceCurrencyFolds Author:Edward Miner Gallaudet
“Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.” HumansChristianHeavenResultsCommonChristianityVirtueStrongerAriseRecognitionInnocenceVainBeatenPersecution Author:Pierre Corneille
“Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result.” GivingMindSelfStatesHandsCommunityResultsCompassionPracticeLonelinessConfidenceMembersStrongerDistanceSelf ConfidenceInner PeaceFirmUnhappinessPeace Of MindState Of MindSuspicionConstructiveSelf CenteredMistrust Author:Dalai Lama