Quotes

“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.” Michel de Montaigne

“Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.” Michel de Montaigne

“Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.” Michel de Montaigne

“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” Michel de Montaigne

“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.” Michel de Montaigne

“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” Michel de Montaigne

“I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.” Michel de Montaigne

“'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.” Michel de Montaigne

“If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.” Michel de Montaigne

“One may be humble out of pride.” Michel de Montaigne

“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.” Michel de Montaigne

“There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.” Michel de Montaigne

“Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.” Michel de Montaigne

“Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.” Michel de Montaigne

“No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.” Michel de Montaigne

“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.” Michel de Montaigne

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.” Michel de Montaigne

“Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.” Michel de Montaigne

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.” Michel de Montaigne

“A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.” Michel de Montaigne

“It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.” Michel de Montaigne

“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” Michel de Montaigne

“Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“Character is what a man is in the dark.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.” Dwight Lyman Moody

“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.” Dwight Lyman Moody