Jean Richter
Jean Richter
drag life speed tries
As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who tries to speed it up
earth heaven laws miracles
The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven
bears commit hands ourselves
How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world
atmosphere cheerfulness thrive
Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive
brought character strong weak
Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.
author moral morality pious preacher work
No author can be as moral as his work and no preacher as pious as his sermons.
truly
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted
completed final human men perfection rebirth souls stone suffer thrown turns undergo wheel
All souls must undergo transmigration and the souls of men revolve like a stone which is thrown from a sling, so many turns before the final release... Only those who have not completed their perfection must suffer the wheel of rebirth by being reborn into another human body.
angels beyond fly high life looking
The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.
anyone modesty praise remains
When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real
love speak
Only with those we love do we speak of those we love.