"Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread."

-- Livy

#Men Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Dread Quotes

“Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.”
“Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work.”

Source : "Punished by Rewards: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes". Book by Alfie Kohn, p. 205, 1999.
“Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I canâ€™t explain â€” I donâ€™t need to. I know that if thereâ€™s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. Or if I walk in the woods and I see an animal, the purpose of my life was to see that animal. I can recollect it, I can notice it. Iâ€™m here to take note of. And that is beyond my ego, beyond anything that belongs to me, an observer, an observer.”

Source : "Now" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. March 12, 2004.
“Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life...”
“Trust God, and do the next thing.”
“We do not choose love. It claims each man as it will.”
“Hope, however, isn't all that's needed to achieve change. Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled out of this deep hole. The second hand was faith...”
“You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.”

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