"The best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others."

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Carlo Dossi

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“COMMEMORATION Blessed art Thou, O Lord who didst bring forth of water moving creatures that have life, and whales, and winged fowls: and didst bless them, so as to increase and multiply. The things concerning the Ascension: Set up Thyself, O God, above the heavens and Thy glory above all the earth. By thine Ascension draw us withal unto Thee, O Lord, so as to set our affections on things above, and not on things on the earth. By the awful mystery of Thy Holy Body and Precious Blood in the evening of this day: Lord, have mercy.”
“All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.”
“Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?”
“I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but itâ€™s over, and Iâ€™m not going to think about it.”
“Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.”
“Children, when they are little, they make parents fools; when great, mad.”
“No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.”
“I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My favorite of the day came from a large but shapely woman sitting nearby whom I learned was the owner of a local lingerie shop. 'Beh oui,' she said to her companion, waving her spoon for emphasis, 'il faut du temps pour la corsetterie.' You can't argue with that. I made a mental note not to rush things next time I was shopping for a corset, and leaned back to allow the waiter through with the next course.”

Source : FaceBook post by Peter Mayle from Nov 26, 2011

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