"Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant."

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Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1953). “Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes”

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#Maturity Quotes #Men Quotes #Fruit Quotes

“I appreciate all that I am and all that I have. Stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you do have.”
“The web of life both cradles us and calls us to weave it further.”
“Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.”
“My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.”
“Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or these things will really become troubling.”
“Live a virtuous life, help everyone and spread joy wherever you go.”
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
“Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.”

Source : Joseph O'Connor, Random House UK (2004). “Star of the Sea”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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