CURATED COLLECTION

What Really Matters in Life

Strip away the noise and the distraction, and these quotes leave you with the thing you actually need.

22 quotes found

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Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter it take with you your all.

—Kahlil GibranPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Middle East

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A humble heart is the seat of God.

—TukaramPoet

Renaissance ERA • South Asia

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Do not eat flesh, nor cause suffering to innocent creatures.

—Al-MaarriPoet & Philosopher

Medieval ERA • MENA

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All religion has relation to life, and the life of religion is to do good.

—Emanuel SwedenborgScientist, Philosopher & Mystic

Enlightenment ERA • Nordic

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Compassion is the basis of morality.

—Arthur SchopenhauerPhilosopher

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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To the hungry, the bread is God. To the thirsty, the water is God.

—Lal DedMystic & Poet

Medieval ERA • South Asia

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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.

—Thich Nhat HanhActivist

Post-War ERA • Southeast Asia

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All great virtues are connected with the respect due to old age.

—Suzanne NeckerWriter, Reformer & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Tolerance is the greatest of virtues because it includes all others.

—Tierno BokarMystic, Scholar & Sage

Early Modern ERA • West Africa

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To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

—Mary OliverPoet

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

—Carl JungPsychiatrist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body.

—Jean-Jacques RousseauPhilosopher & Writer

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

—LaoziPhilosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Music can move the soul, exciting or calming it as needed by its nature.

—Al-FarabiPhilosopher, Mathematician & Theorist

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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He who knows, knows that he does not know everything.

—Amadou Hampâté BâWriter, Historian & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.

—Thich Nhat HanhActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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He who is content has enough.

—Lao TzuPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Worship not the idol, but the love in all hearts.

—ThirumoolarMystic

Medieval ERA • South Asia

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The superior man is never proud, never humble, but always natural and spontaneous.

—LieziTaoist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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The mouth that does not know how to tell, does not know how to listen.

—Amadou Hampâté BâWriter, Historian & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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