It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. – Epictetus
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One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls. – Thor Heyerdahl
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power. – Thomas Aquinas
Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing – if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail. – Frank Sinatra
So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and Ive told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldnt out-do my brothers in sports, and its a very competitive relationship. – George J. Mitchell
Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world. – Lawrence G. Lovasik
