"He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions."

-- Samuel Johnson

#Wisdom Quotes #Passion Quotes #Intelligence Quotes

“Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.”
“From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.”

Source : James Nasmyth, Samuel Smiles (1883). “James Nasmyth Engineer: An Autobiography”, London : J. Murray
“Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest.”
“If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry.”
“The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.”

Source : "The Lonely Quest: The Evolution of Presidential Leadership". Book by Robert Rienow and Leona Train Rienow, p. 209., 1966.
“I closed my eyes, put my right hand on top of the book, and passed it lightly across the cover. It was cool and smooth like a stone from the bottom of the brook, and it stilled me. A whole other world is inside there, I thought to myself, and that's where I want to be.”
“Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.”

Source : Peggy Noonan (1990). “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era”, Random House (NY)
“Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.”

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