"Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting"

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Cheating Quotes #Peace Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.”
“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.”
“And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.”
“Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.”

Source : Frank Auerbach, Hayward Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain (1978). “Frank Auerbach: catalogue of an exhibtion held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 4 May - 2 July 1978, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 July 12 August, 1978”
“The stars are always up in the sky...then when it is perfectly black, they feel less vulnerable and out they come.”
“Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were my books.”
“One can live at a low flame. Most people do. For some, life is an exercise in moderation (best china saved for special occasions), but given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tries too hard, or cares too deeply?”
“Only he who bestirs himself can advance spiritually. The fool who uses extraneous aids for this, in the form of the ready-made opinions of others, only walks his path as if on crutches, while ignoring his own healthy limbs.”

Source : Abd-ru-shin (1998). “In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message”, p.4, Grail Foundation Press

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