"Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit."

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Source : Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”

Max Ehrmann

#Philosophical Quotes #Vexation Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.”
“I don't die... He who is merged with the omnipresent is never gone.”
“At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept at a healthy 1:20 so that all children get proper attention in class.”
“It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice”

Source : Edward Coke (1817). “The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes”, p.48, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis!”
“We're not the Faster-than-the-Speed-of-Light Generation anymore. We're not even the Next-New-Thing Generation. We're the Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Kids, and we've crowded in here to hide from the future and the past. We know what's up - the future looms straight ahead like a black wrought-iron gate and the past is charging after us like a badass Doberman, only this one doesn't have any letup in him.”
“Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.”
“The very technologies that were supposed to free up our time seem instead to be consuming it, tacking hours onto our already extended days. The very interconnectedness of life in a global networked economy that creates so many opportunities also makes all our decisions more complex, crucial, even fragile.”

Source : Sally Helgesen (2001). “Thriving In 24/7: Six Strategies for Taming the New World of Work”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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