Thomas More Quotes
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On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Friendship demands attention.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.
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Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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It's a poor doctor who can't cure one disease without giving you another.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.