"Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Life Quotes #Home Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.”

Source : "Praises 'Politics Of Empathy,' Condemns Falsehoods That Led To War, Financial Crisis". John Legend's commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Science, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2009.
“France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.”
“The earth is GodÊ¹s golf ball.”
“We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.”
“To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times. But too often worry takes on life of its own. Men are quite prone to this. They'll plague themselves with so many 'what if's and 'if only's that they soon forget to ponder the true possibilities before them. Which inevitably lead to poor decisions. Whatever happens will happen. Sometimes we have say over the future. Sometimes we don't. Either way, worrying alone never accomplishes anything.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015
“Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.”

Source : "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2012.
“Two main groups like to drop the readymade bombâ€”galleries and art historians. Galleries love to drop the Duchamp brand because dealers can try to convince clients of an artistâ€™s worth just by mentioning the mouthwatering response readymade. Most Art Historians arenâ€™t interested in what artists are making in Bushwick studios, most of whom rarely wake up with Duchamp on the brain.”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

Source : "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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