An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand. Nagarjuna on fear
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. Nagarjuna on fool
Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, Although they come and go by day, Are like the smith's bellows: They take breath but are not alive. Nagarjuna on life
Although a cloth be washed a hundred times, how can it be rendered clean and pure if it be washed in water which is dirty? Nagarjuna on purity
The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. Nagarjuna on sage
The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a living; but the science which teacheth deliverance from worldly existence, is not that the true science? Nagarjuna on science
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. Nagarjuna on virtue
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. Napolean on courage
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. Napolean on success
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight. Napoleon I on forethought
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spiSrit. Napoleon I on spririt
Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long. Ogden Nash on change
Sleep is perverse as human nature, Sleep is perverse as a legislature, Sleep is as forward as hives or goiters, And where it is least desired, it loiters. Ogden Nash on sleep
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them [which] we are missing. Gamel Nasser on american
A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy. George Jean Nathan on love
A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward. George Jean Nathan on success
One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature. George Jean Nathan on understanding
Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail. Navajo Song on beauty
The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts. Alla Nazimova on acting
How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity was but the beginning of care, disappointment, and sorrow, and often led to the extremity of mental and physical suffering. Catharine Esther Beecher on marriage