Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?
Direct not him whose way himself will choose;
'Tis breath not lack'st, and that breath wilt thou lose.
That thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.
If thou wilt think evil of thy neighbour, soon shalt thou have him for thy foe.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.
A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded by love. It is bound to wilt in a world where the rich have no time and the cultivated no money. But it never harmonizes with borrowed greatness.
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery," said I, "still thou art a bitter draught.
You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.
May, queen of blossoms,
And fulfilling flowers,
With what pretty music
Shall we charm the hours?
Wilt thou have pipe and reed,
Blown in the open mead?
Or to the lute give heed
In the green bowers.
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
We forget, we have a short memory and we're human. This morning my Scripture was Isaiah 26:3, which said, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee for he trusteth in Thee.
The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection.
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
As to thy friends; for when did friendship take
A breed for barren metal of his friend?
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.
Thou wilt lament
Hereafter, when the evil shall be done
And shall admit no cure.
Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.
Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.
Alas, I have grieved so I am hard to love. Yet love me--wilt thou? Open thine heart wide, And fold within, the wet wings of thy dove.
Love is a flower that should never cease to grow. Nurture it, and it will outlive you. Neglect it, and it will wilt away and die.
Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?
I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.
No sooner had I stepp'd into these pleasures Than I began to think of rhymes and measures: The air that floated by me seem'd to say 'Write! thou wilt never have a better day.
The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou reckon me?
If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.
So now I have confessed that he is thine, And I my self am mortgaged to thy will, My self I'll forfeit, so that other mine, Thou wilt restore to be my comfort still.
Go where thou wilt, thou canst not go out of thy Father's ground.
It will be seen that the formula - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' has nothing to do with 'Do as you please.' It is much more difficult to comply with the Law of Thelema than to follow out slavishly a set of dead regulations.
Love thou, and if thy love be deep as mine,
Thou wilt not laugh at poets.
Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening, if thou spend the day profitably.
If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all.
Help thyself, then thou wilt also have the help of the Almighty.
O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee : I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.
Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.
Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize.
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt.
Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.
Begin: To have commenced is half the deed. Half yet remains; Begin again on this and thou wilt finish all.
Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgatory none the less.
Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst.
Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us.
Constant you are, But yet a woman; and for secrecy, No lady closer; for I well believe Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know.
Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
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