“A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.” MenMeanTurnsWiseExampleEqualAdvantageStrivePatternsGood Man Author:Thomas a Kempis
“The earliest instinct of the child, and the ripest experience of age, unite in affirming simplicity to be the truest and profoundest part for man. Likewise this simplicity is so universal and all-containing as a rule for human life, that the subtlest bad man, and the purest good man, as well as the profoundest wise man, do all alike present it on that side which they socially turn to the inquisitive and unscrupulous world.” MenWorldHumansWellsChildrenAgeTurnsSidesWiseUniversalInstinctSimplicityHuman LifeGood ManTruestContainingBad ManAffirmingInquisitive Book:Pierre or The Ambiguities Source: Pierre or The Ambiguities