“ Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? ”
To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.
~ Saint Basil
Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
