#Pleasure Quotes #Indulgence Quotes
“The less you demand total fulfillment from relationships, the more you can appreciate them for the beautiful tapestries they are, in which absolute and relative, perfect and imperfect, infinite and finite are marvelously interwoven. You can stop fighting the shifting tides of relative love and learn to ride them instead. And you come to appreciate more fully the simple, ordinary heroism involved in opening to another person and forging real intimacy.”
“The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.”
“In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he has never learned very well how to live with himself. The values he has created have been predominantly materialistic; his spiritual values have lagged far behind. He has demonstrated little spiritual genius and has made little progress toward the realization of human brotherhood. In the contemporary atomic age, this could prove man's fatal weakness.”
“The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. After a heady experience of that kind, normally sensible people drift into behavior akin to that of Cinderella at the ball.”
“What in the name of Hitler's panties and matching bra set was she talking about?”
“When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.”
Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.”
“The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.”
Source : Robert Holden (2009). “Be Happy: Release the Power of Happiness in You”, p.121, Hay House, Inc
Apuleius Prose writer
Catullus Poet
Horace Poet
Martial Poet
Petronius Author
Quintilian
Seneca the Younger Philosopher
Suetonius Historian
Tacitus Historian
