To believe that is we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.
Cause Quotes
The humblest citizen of all the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error.
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
They never fail who die in a great cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Aesop’s Fly, sitting on the axle of the chariot, has been much laughed at for exclaiming: What a dust I do raise!
In the olden times the church, by violating the order of nature, proved the existence of her God. At that time miracles were performed with the most astonishing ease. They became so common that the church ordered her priests to desist. And now this same church – the people having found some little sense – […]
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases; what the eye ne’er sees, the heart ne’er rues.
