In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice. - Boethius

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As Serbia continues to move towards rectifying the evils of its past and joining the ranks of democratic nations, it is important that the individuals involved in the death of the Bytyqi brothers are held accountable for their actions[. ]

Boethius

In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice.

Confidence, Ignorance, Living, Men, Nature

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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Happiness, Miserable, Nothing, Positivity, Stress, Unless

It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.

Essence, Hope, Passing Away, Rise, Spokes, Tragedy

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

Happiness, Sides, Quarrels, Life, Firmly

Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.

Balance, Happened, Lost, Passing Away, Pleasure, Unhappy

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Good, Happiness, Happy, Virtuous, Wise

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Hinduism is wholly free from the strange obsession of some faiths that the acceptance of a particular religious metaphysics is necessary for salvation, and non-acceptance thereof is a heinous sin meriting eternal punishment in hell.

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William Law

From morning to night keep Jesus in thy heart, long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus.

Christian, Hope, Jesus, Morning, Nothing, Religious

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Sue Monk Kidd

In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like Divine Reality, the Absolute, or the One who holds us in being. I do believe that God is beyond any form and image, but it has grown clear to me that I need an image in order to relate. I need an image in order to carry on an intimate conversation with what is so vast, amorphous, mysterious, and holy that it becomes ungraspable. I mean, really, how to you become intimate with Divine Reality? Or the Absolute?

Absolute, Believe, Mean, Terms, Thinking, Ungraspable

Albert Einstein

Since others have explained my theory, I can no longer understand it myself.

Theory, I Can, Longer, Explained, Understand