"Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever achieve strict scientific accuracy in my survey of the vast empyrean. Had I pursued my inquiries from down there on the ground, my data would be worthless. The earth, you see, pulls down the delicate essence of thought to its own gross level."

-- Aristophanes

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“Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.”
“Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people.”
“The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.”

Source : Marilyn Monroe (2010). “Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters”, p.100, Macmillan
“I admire Joyce Maynard a lot, specifically her memoir "At Home in the World." Her writing is beautiful and fascinating and seemed to give me validation to the idea that I could write validly in earnest about my life with (my) very feminine point of view, and also that I could unapologetically explore the bad traits of my character (which I find to be more interesting to explore than the good traits), as well as explore other concepts that interest me like private vs public personas, age gap relationships, etc.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“A 10,000 mile walk, begins with a single step and continues one step at a time.”
“Whatâ€™s going on?â€ Royce asked as throngs of people suddenly moved toward him from the field and the castle interior. â€œI mentioned that you saw the thing and now they want to know what it looks like,â€ Hadrian explained. â€œWhat did you think? They were coming to lynch you?â€ He shrugged. â€œWhat can I say? Iâ€™m a glass-half-empty kinda guy.â€ â€œHalf empty?â€ Hadrian chuckled. â€œWas there ever any drink in that glass?”
“I want to win championships.”
“Man in his raw, natural state as he comes from the womb is morally and spiritually corrupt in disposition and character. Every part of his being-his mind, his will, his emotions, his affections, his conscience, his body-has been affected by sin (this is what is meant by the doctrine of total depravity)”

Source : Robert L. Reymond (2010). “A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith: 2nd Edition - Revised and Updated”, p.240, Thomas Nelson

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