"You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses."

-- Epictetus

#Mean Quotes #House Quotes #Soul Quotes

“If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward's mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not given - to me. A steward manages assets for the owner's benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It's his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then carry out his will.”
“Mabutt has now played seven consecutive games for England, this is his seventh”
“Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said! He says that inside their hearts and spirits they are nothing but little men who need to feel powerful.”
“That's the beauty of art--we strive for perfection but never achieve it. The journey is everything.”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2007). “Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56”, p.109, Penguin
“Every man lives. Not every man truly dies.”
“So quick bright things come to confusion.â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹”
“It is very important not to become hard. The artist must always have one skin too few in comparison to other people, so you feel the slightest wind.”
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.”

Source : FaceBook post by Julia Child from May 15, 2012

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