Quotes

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

Magic of life →

Published October 2  ·  All posts on Oct 2  ·  

In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life.

~ D.H. Lawrence

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What nature requires →

Published July 22  ·  All posts on Jul 22  ·  ,

What nature requires is close by and easy to obtain. All that sweat is for superfluities. We wear out our fine clothes, grow old in army tents, hurl ourselves against foreign shores, and for what? Everything we need is already at hand. Anyone who is on good terms with poverty is rich.

~ Seneca, letter 4:10-11

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Strategy →

Published July 20  ·  All posts on Jul 20  ·  

What matters is whether a certain approach gets you to where you want to go. And let’s be clear, using obstacles against themselves is very different from doing nothing. Passive resistance is, in fact, incredibly active. But those actions come in the form of discipline, self-control, fearlessness, determination, and grand strategy.

~ Ryan Holiday

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Temptation →

Published July 18  ·  All posts on Jul 18  ·  ,

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

~ Oscar Wilde

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Passions →

Published July 16  ·  All posts on Jul 16  ·  

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

~ Cicero

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Rowing →

Published July 14  ·  All posts on Jul 14  ·  

I am rowing toward the past. I am trying to squeeze out of each stroke a better image of myself, and I am trying to enlist the ghosts of history to help power the oars. I want them as friends, as comrades, as partners, as ancestors.

~ Barry Strauss

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In an instant →

Published July 12  ·  All posts on Jul 12  ·  

No one has ever reached a point where the power fortune granted was greater than the risk. The sea is calm now, but do not trust it: The storm comes in an instant. Pleasure boats that were out all morning are sunk before the day is over.

~ Seneca

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Pragmatism →

Published July 10  ·  All posts on Jul 10  ·  

Pragmatism is not so much realism as flexibility. There are a lot of ways to get from point A to point B. It doesn’t have to be a straight line. It’s just got to get you where you need to go. But so many of us spend so much time looking for the perfect solution that we pass up what’s right in front of us.

~ Ryan Holiday

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Hopefulness →

Published July 8  ·  All posts on Jul 8  ·  

Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position—it is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism.

~ Nick Cave

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Appetite →

Published July 6  ·  All posts on Jul 6  ·  ,

No man’s body is as strong as his appetites.

~ Tillotson

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