"The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as he thinketh within himself, so is he. Prejudice is a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way."

-- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.”
“David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I'm really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want to hear Daniel have the Swedish accent.”
“I will never cease advising my friends and enemies to read poetry before anything.”
“The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead peopleâ€™s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or not. These things are your becoming.”

Source : Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.248, Atlantic Books Ltd
“You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.”

Source : Zuleika Dobson (1911) ch. 9
“As for the people who say tackling problems through clothes is superficial, I think they say that because they have their own issues about self worth.”

Source : "MEN Reader Meets Trinny and Susannah". Interview with Helen Tither, www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. February 15, 2007.
“I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.”
“If it never rained, nothing would grow.”

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