"Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence."

-- Josef Pieper

#Mean Quotes #Self Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Favored Nations will be branded as the home base for inspired musical talent.”
“It's a long day's drive any way you look at it. With a man who has taken your sins - real and imagined - and stitched them onto the sackcloth of his own soul, it is endless.”

Source : Alexandra Fuller (2005). “Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier”, p.175, Penguin
“To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.”
“Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought.”
“A city with one newspaper... is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.”
“I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least Id know that I tried.”
“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2011). “Life Itself: A Memoir”, p.291, Hachette UK
“The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.”

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