"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."

-- Seneca the Elder

#Mind Quotes #Desire Quotes #Demand Quotes

“I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do”
“Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.”
“It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.”
“Peace is not achieved by controlling nations, but mastering our thoughts.”
“Chocolate is the greatest gift to women ever created, next to the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Kelly. It's something that should be had on a daily basis.”
“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?”

Source : "Ozzy Osbourne: I'm the Luckiest Man in the World". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. October 22, 2014.
“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
“I am proud only of those days that pass in undivided tenderness.”

Source : Robert Bly (1986). “Selected poems”, Harper Perennial

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