"Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers;..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.
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“As love increases, prudence diminishes.”
“We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.”
“He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.”
More on Mind
“Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.”
“Become totally emptyQuiet the restlessness of the mindOnly then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness”
“The Creator gave us the complete, unchallengable right of prerogative over the one thing, and only thing we own, our mind.”
More on Body
“The body and mind are dependent.”
“Stress is a form of suffering. Look at your body and see what stress does to the body and its functions - what it does to the heart, the circulation, the immune system, the digestive function, the liver.”
“I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.”