"(The terms douloi, banausoi and aristoi) are in a way more precise, but what is more vital and valuable, they are more comprehensive: they project a concept of psychic order that embraces entire fields that we have no other way of seeing all together as the working of a single principle. If we think of the human domain as the collaboration and the conflict of these three diverse character-types, we can understand the weave and the stress and polemics of their very different basal teleologies or ultimate governing purposes of life."

-- Kenny Smith

#Philosophy Quotes #Stress Quotes #Character Quotes

“I understand that I'm a role model.”
“If you've got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs - rethinking the world isn't an option.”

Source : Profile at Freedom from Religion Foundation, ffrf.org.
“Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see - to see correctly - and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.”

Source : Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting to escape so badly, I could have stared at them forever: They were amazingly beautiful, so dense and bright. My eyes could get lost up there if I left them looking long enough. [...] They swallowed me up. They were like a hundred thousand tiny candles, sending out hope.”

Source : Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.
“Postulate 2. Constant systems of chance causes do exist in nature.”

Source : "Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product" by Walter A. Shewhart, (p. 8), 1931.
“I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.”
“Rachel,â€ came a raspy voice from the upper level, and both Trent and I turned. It was Quen, wrapped in a blanket as if it was a death shroud, the black-haired intern at his side, supporting him. His hair was plastered to his skull with sweat, and I could see him wavering as he stood there. â€œDonâ€™t touch Trenton,â€ he said, his gravelly voice clear in the hush, â€œor Iâ€™m going to have to come down thereâ€¦and smack you around.”
“Most men, however brave, have some anxiety or fear in them.”

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