"The noblest people are those despising wealth , learning , pleasure and life ; esteeming above them poverty , ignorance , hardship and death ."

-- Diogenes

#Ignorance Quotes #People Quotes #Hardship Quotes

“There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.”

Source : Vash Young (2009). “A Fortune to Share”, p.11, Lulu.com
“Concrete, Steel & Paint portrays the core values of restorative justice-respect, responsibility and relationships-expressed through art. it is art that involves victims, offenders and communities in a dialogue that is sometimes difficult and painful, sometimes reconciling, but always engaging. As one prisoner says in the film, 'We have come together collectively through art.' It will be a great discussion tool for college classes, community groups and others interested in issues of justice, community-building, conflict resolution and socially-engaged art.”
“The first thing to learn about the deep structure of modern design is that it is relation-seeking and pleasurably so.”

Source : Norman Potter (2002). “What Is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages”, Hyphen Press
“I can't help it, Kate. And I'm laughing at me. I feel like one of those sappy men who run around with a big grin on his face all the time. I feel like grinning all the time around you, and it's so idiotic.”

Source : Christine Feehan (2006). “The Wicked and the Wondrous”, p.247, Simon and Schuster
“There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.”
“The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you. As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world about you.”
“We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. Only in superstition is there hope. If you want to become a friend of civilization, then become an enemy of the truth and a fanatic for harmless balderdash.”
“Foley looks like an un-made bed.”

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