"Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they ought to be, and are not. Whoso seeks to follow this ideal revealed to the mental vision, whoso seeks to attain to conformity with it, will find it enlarge itself, and remove from him. He that follows it will improve his own moral character, but the ideal will remain always above him and before him, prompting him to new exertions."

Source : William Batchelder Greene (1872). “The blazing star; with an appendix treating of the Jewish Kabbala, also a tract on the philosophy of H. Spencer, and one on New-England transcendentalism”, p.3

William Batchelder Greene

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Life is droll. It has no common sense. It is the game of a mountebank.”

Source : William John Locke (1924). “The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol”, p.141, Library of Alexandria
“My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.”
“I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.”

Source : "Cakewalk In Iraq". www.washingtonpost.com. February 13, 2002.
“If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.”
“I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!”
“Knowledge is Bought only with a weary care, And wisdom means a world of pain.”

Source : Joaquin Miller (1871). “Songs of the Sierras”, p.198
“What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no longer sickens with disappointed hope.”

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