9 ideas
23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
20482 | Virtue inspires Stoics, but I want a good temperament [Montaigne] |
20480 | There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life [Montaigne] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
20481 | Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority [Montaigne] |
23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
20479 | People at home care far more than soldiers risking death about the outcome of wars [Montaigne] |
23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |