It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not erroneously imagine that the whole Universe exists only for him.
Maimonides (1135-1204) Spanish Jewish philosopher [Moses ben Maimon]
The Guide for the Perplexed, 3.12 (AD 1190) [tr. M Friedlander (1904)]
How rare, men with the character to praise
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Greek dramatist (Æschylus)
a friend’s success without a trace of envy.
Agamemnon, l. 818 [tr. R. Fagles (1975)]
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer
“On the Causes of Methodism,” The Round Table (1817)
Never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. Everything.
Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British fabulist
The Sandman, Vol. 4, Season of Mists, Prologue (#21) (1991)
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