"A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them."

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Source : Herbert Read (1928). “English Prose Style”

Herbert Read

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Personality Quotes

“If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.”
“We need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well-being of the universe. When we experience an illness or depression not as our own but as the universe's, we are one with all beings who experience this kind of suffering.”

Source : Jean-Yves Leloup (2009). “Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity”, p.81, Simon and Schuster
“You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death.”
“Life is wonderful, so revel in its beauty. Be all you can be, and let go of the past. It is nothing but shadows.”
“When you look what is happening in this country with the debt, the deficit, the CBO coming out and saying once again we're going to have a trillion dollar plus deficit in 2012, the fourth straight year, and unemployment may be going back up to 8.9 or maybe nine percent by the end of the year, these are serious situations that are going.”
“To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.”
“The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.”
“Many hybrid owners realize how sharply fuel efficiency goes down over 55 mph because they get instant mileage feedback.”

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