"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."

-- Epictetus

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“If one of God's children finds he cannot see or feel life in other terms than those of form, if he tries to escape and live outside of this obsession and fails, he generally calls himself a sculptor.”

Source : Malvina Hoffman (1939). “Sculpture inside and out”
“Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.”
“I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master.”

Source : Susanna Moodie (1913). “Roughing It in the Bush, or Life in Canada”, p.193, Hayes Barton Press
“Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.”
“Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.”
“It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.”
“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?”

Source : "The Rumpus Interview With Elif Batuman". Interview with Sean Carman, therumpus.net. April 25, 2012.
“To help people with the struggle, I have to reveal my own struggles.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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