"Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless."

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Source : "The Dream of Scipio". Book by Iain Pears, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.

Iain Pears

#Philosophy Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.”
“Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success.”
“You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.”

Source : Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.7, First Avenue Editions
“I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.”
“The best products in the world have a point of view. The worst products have none.”
“I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.”
“Left behind as a memory for us. [Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]”
“I examine it [pain] every which way. Why do I really feel this way? What's going on here? I have to really explore it all the way out, drill it down to its lowest common denominator and go, Oh! That's what that is. I'm feeling insecure. Or, Oh! God has something better for me.”

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