"There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration."

-- Gretel Ehrlich

#Nature Quotes #Taken Quotes #Mortality Quotes

“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”

Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 5)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.”
“All special assistants to the president are typically political appointees of the first year of the new president.”
“Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks show us how to discover the secrets to healing, love, intuition and insight.”
“Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after ones goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.”
“I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.”
“We come from an environment molded from 3 billion years of evolution, and when we change our behavior, there may be problems.”
“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”

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