"I happen to think weâ€™ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“Young man, make your name worth something.”
“Harmonics are vibrations a fraction of the length of the vibrating string, which add higher-pitched and more complex content to the notes. With a dull instrument, the harmonics die out, but with a sustaining instrument, the harmonics continue to sound along with the fundamental note.”
“We are at a punctuation point in human history where the Industrial Age and institutions have finally come to their logical conclusion. They have essentially run out of gas.”
“You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.”
“No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.”

Source : Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.270, Simon and Schuster
“We live in the world we are thinking of.”
“Lust, Greed, Anger, Attachment - These are all paths to hell.”
“The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.”

Source : "Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's best shot". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2009.

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