Quote by David Rockefeller
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making ones life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. – David Rockefeller

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As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. – David Rockefeller

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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment. – David Rockefeller

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I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. – David Rockefeller

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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. – Plato

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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. – Ernest Hemingway

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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. – Marcus Aurelius

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I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. – Ernest Hemingway

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