Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Amateurs →

Published May 2, 2024  ·  All posts on May 2  ·  ,

That’s all of us are: Amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.

~ Charlie Chaplin

Elsewhere, this is 4a1406. — slipbox

Activity →

Published April 30, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 30  ·  ,

Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.

~ Japanese proverb

Elsewhere, this is 4a1405. — slipbox

Luxury →

Published April 27, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 27  ·  , ,

If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxury.

~ Cicero

Elsewhere, this is 4a1404. — slipbox

Experience →

Published April 25, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 25  ·  ,

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

~ Ram Dass

Elsewhere, this is 4a1403. — slipbox

Books →

Published April 23, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 23  ·  , ,

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

~ Mortimer J. Adler

Elsewhere, this is 4a1402. — slipbox

Words →

Published April 20, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 20  ·  , ,

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.

~ Tom Stoppard

Elsewhere, this is 4a1401. — slipbox

Change →

Published April 18, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 18  ·  ,

The most reliable way to change your entire life is by not changing your entire life… Improve the whole by mastering one thing.

~ James Clear

Elsewhere, this is 4a1400. — slipbox

Sea →

Published April 16, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 16  ·  ,

Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

~ Jacques Yves Cousteau

Elsewhere, this is 4a1399. — slipbox

Nature →

Published April 13, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 13  ·  , ,

I can do nothing without nature. I do not know how to make things up.

~ Manet

Elsewhere, this is 4a1398. — slipbox

Work →

Published April 11, 2024  ·  All posts on Apr 11  ·  , ,

No country ever was built by people sleeping in. Austria was not built by people sleeping in. America was not built by people sleeping in. People struggled, people suffered, people worked their asses off to build this country.

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Elsewhere, this is 4a1397. — slipbox