Quotes Tagged "gain"

Godliness is a great gain.

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life. (Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)

The loss is a gain. The gain is a loss.

When you are at peace with yourself, All desirable things will come to you.

The less you care about suffering and pain, the higher your chances of success and gain.

The straight tree is the first to be chopped down; the well of sweet water is the first to run dry. Sir, your intention is to display your knowledge in order to astonish the ignorant, and by developing your self, to cast a light upon the crudeness of others. You shine, you positively glow, as if you carried with you the sun and moon. All this is why you cannot avoid disasters. I have heard the great fulfillment man say, “The boastful have done nothing worthwhile, those who do something worthwhile will see it fade, fame soon disappears.” There are few who can forget success and fame and just return to being ordinary citizens again! The Tao moves all, but the perfect man does not stand in its light, his Virtue moves all, but he does not seek fame. He is empty and plain, and seems crazy. Anonymous, abdicating power, he has no interest in work or fame. So he doesn’t criticize others and they don’t criticize him. The perfect man is never heard, so why, Sir, do you so want to be?

Health is the greatest gift in life. Aananda or contentment is the greatest gain and of course faith is the best relationship and friendship in life> Shreeom Surye shiva devkota.

People should communicate their feelings, emotions, thoughts, and words effectively to gain the kind of confidence that would eliminate the need for a mentor.

The best thing that can happen to anyone is for them to gain an education that is aligned to their purpose in life.

If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I'll probably abandon it immediately.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.

Because there are little to no consequences for conducting cyberattacks, criminals and nation-states are becoming bolder in their threats and behavior. Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly hacking into U.S. companies and government networks for espionage purposes or financial gain.

The capacities by which we can gain insights into higher worlds lie dormant within each one of us.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.