"If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest."

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Source : Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.153, Stanford University Press

Xunzi

#Mind Quotes #Tongue Quotes #Fluency Quotes

“For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.”
“There's a strange sensation - you recall it from childhood - about sleeping in the afternoon. You rise into a different world from the one in which you lay down. The shadows have been rearranged. There's a sensation of sad sweetness, as if something has been overlooked. I used to feel it coming out of the movies just before dinnertime, after the matinee. How, I wondered, did Broadway actors face it, this bittersweet sense of time's slipping past.”
“If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it.”
“You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.”
“Life was simple when you were a Shield Bug.”

Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Magyk: Septimus Heap”, p.306, A&C Black
“One of God's central qualities is compassion, a word that in Hebrew is related to the word for "womb." Not only is compassion a female image suggesting source of life and nourishment but it also has a feeling dimension: God as compassionate Spirit feels for us as a mother feels for the children of her womb. Spirit feels the suffering of the world and participates in it. . . .”
“When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.”
“You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.”

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