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“People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love .”
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“To try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man's eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash”
Source : Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1874). “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, p.177
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“Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.”
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“It feels good to get sacks and to know I can do it.”
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“Anything is grand if it's done on a large enough scale.”
Source : Donna Tartt (1993). “The Secret History: A Novel”, Ballantine Books
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“I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability.”
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“The most profound statements are often said in silence.”
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“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.”
