"Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude."

-- Andre Maurois

#Respite Quotes

“Rank and expertise do not necessarily coincide.”

Source : Karl E. Weick (2012). “Making Sense of the Organization, Volume 2: The Impermanent Organization”, p.119, John Wiley & Sons
“Everything is explained now. We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to the computer and tell you within five seconds. That's fine, but sometimes Iâ€™d just as soon continue wondering. We have a deficit of wonder right now.”
“One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.”
“Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.”

Source : The RZA (2009). “The Tao of Wu”, p.26, Penguin
“I wouldn't mind being dead - it would be something new.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.”
“It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part of the time, at least.”
“A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.”

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