This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Learning is the only wealth tyrants cannot despoil. Only death can dim the lamp of knowledge that is within you. The true wealth of a nation lies not in its gold or silver but in its learning, wisdom, and in the uprightness of its sons.
Lord Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
A light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
Good | Hero | Indigestion | Light | Man |
Nāgārjuna, fully Acharya Nāgārjuna NULL
He who would misuse the boon of human life is far more stupid than he who would employ a gold vessel inlaid with precious gems as a receptacle for filth.
Wisdom is like gold ore in the ground, mixed with rock and sand; logic is the mercury used to extract the gold dust.
“Every morning of the world I give thanks for all the wonderful things in my life,” declared a young man enthusiastically. “And do you know something? It’s strange indeed, but the more I give thanks, the more I have reason to be thankful. For, you see, blessings just pile up on me one after another like nobody’s business”... The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for... The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity... Remember that praise and thanksgiving are the most powerful prayers of all.
Art | Blessings | Business | Creativity | Gratitude | Life | Life | Man | Practice | Praise | Reason | Thankfulness | World | Art |
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.
How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!
It is a problem that genius can very well solve - to illuminate every low or trite word you can offer it. Give you rubbish to Shakespeare, he will give it all back to you in gold and stars.
Manners are the happy ways of doing things. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.
Nature is sanitive, refining, elevating. How cunning she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! Every inch; of the mountains is scarred by unimaginable convulsions, yet the new day is purpose with the bloom of youth and joy.
Antiquity | Cunning | Day | Joy | Nature | Purpose | Purpose | Youth | Youth |
Roger Babson, fully Roger Ward Babson
A character standard is far more important than even a gold standard. The success of all economic systems is still dependent upon both righteous leaders and righteous people. In the last analysis, our national future depends upon our national character - that is, whether it is spiritually or materially minded.
Salomon ibn Gabirol, aka Solomon ben Judah or Avicebron
The end of wisdom is peace and tranquillity, whilst that of gold is grief and vexation.
Gold | Grief | Peace | Tranquility | Wisdom |
Salomon ibn Gabirol, aka Solomon ben Judah or Avicebron
The wise will remain serene in the face of trouble... Wisdom leads to tranquillity, gold and silver to anxiety... Tranquillity is the summit of felicity.
Anxiety | Anxiety | Gold | Tranquility | Will | Wisdom | Wise |
Salomon ibn Gabirol, aka Solomon ben Judah or Avicebron
Wisdom leads to tranquillity, gold and silver to anxiety.
Anxiety | Anxiety | Gold | Tranquility | Wisdom |
The brain is a wonderful organ; if starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.
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