Gratitude is like the good faith of traders—it maintains commerce; And we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.
~ Rochefoucauld
Elsewhere, this is 4a1376. — slipbox
Gratitude →
Life →
Pick an arbitrary, stupid goal, become totally involved in it, and pursue it with vigor, and what happens to you in that pursuit is your life.
~ Kenny Shopsin
Elsewhere, this is 4a1375. — slipbox
Thinking →
If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think, they’ll hate you.
~ Don Marquis
Elsewhere, this is 4a1374. — slipbox
Wonder →
If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.
~ Rachel Carson
Elsewhere, this is 4a1373. — slipbox
Violence →
Pleasure →
Betrayal →
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friends, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
~ E.M. Forster
Elsewhere, this is 4a1370. — slipbox
Hindsight →
We’re driving faster and faster into the future, trying to steer by using only the rear-view mirror.
~ Marshall McLuhan
Elsewhere, this is 4a1369. — slipbox
Commitment →
Disagreement →
Who shall decide when doctors disagree, and sound casuists doubt like you and me?
~ Alexander Pope
Elsewhere, this is 4a1367. — slipbox