Pears Quotes

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.