"When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages."

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Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

Edith Hamilton

#Strong Quotes #Men Quotes #Advice Quotes

“Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns”

Source : Andrew Marvell (1870). “The Poetical Works of Andrew Marvell: With Memoir of the Author”, p.117
“You must not try to be too pure, you must fly closer to the sea.”
“The problem is not that you can buy a congressman for $10000 but that you can buy a Washington lawyer for $100000.”
“Warhol is the pre-Helnwein.”
“What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it.”
“Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.”

Source : "The Monday Interview: Marcus Buckingham, Author of The Truth About You". Interview with Dick Donahue, www.publishersweekly.com. September 15, 2008.
“No practice exists in isolation.”
“Capitalism is destroying the earth.”

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