Other Proverbs 4

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Lucius Seneca

Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
Lucius Seneca

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Lucius Seneca

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Lucius Seneca

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Lucius Seneca

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
Lucius Seneca

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Lucius Seneca

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
Lucius Seneca

If you wished to be loved, love.
Lucius Seneca

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Lucius Seneca

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Robert W. Service

Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.
Sicilian

Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates

The constant dripping of water wears away the stone.
Sufi

There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
Sufi

One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.
Swedish

Only in the deepest silence of the night the stars smile and whisper among themselves; vain is this human seeking; unbroken perfection is over all...
Tagore

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
The Talmud

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
The Talmud

The more you know, the less you understand.
Tao Te Ching

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with truth.
Thich Nhat Nanh

It is better to drink water with a friend, than to partake of a foe's honey.
Tibetan

Those who speak with discretion are respected by mankind, as the sun, emerging from the shadows, by its rays creates great warmth.
Tibetan

Tomorrow or next life which comes first, we will never know.
Tibetan Buddhist

No rose without a thorn, or love without a rival.
Turkish

Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.
Mark Twain

It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain

There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.
Venezuelan

A clear conscience is a sure card.
Vietnamese

If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.
Vietnamese

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
Welsh

There are things the immortals do, that mortals cannot know.
Xnterna

Today's religion is tomorrow's mythology.
Xnterna

You're already in the temple; all you have to do is pray.
Xnterna