Quote by H. L. Mencken on Temptation and Force
“Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.”
H. L. Mencken
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One must still have chaos in oneself – Friedrich Nietzsche
“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ivan Illich on the Third World and Western Products
“Once the Third World has become a mass market for the goods, products, and processes which are designed by the rich for themselves, the discrepancy between demand for these Western artifacts and the supply will increase indefinitely.”
Ivan Illich
Quote About Patience and Time by Leo Tolstoy
“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.”
Leo Tolstoi
Memento Mori: Remember Death – Quote by Leo Tolstoy
“Memento mori – remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?”
Leo Tolstoi
Leo Tolstoy Quote About Goals and Perseverance
“A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.”
Leo Tolstoi
Golf Quote by Mark Twain – Humorous Saying
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
Mark Twain
“Human and Divine Love” – Quote by Leo Tolstoy
“You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.”
Leo Tolstoi
Cauliflower and Education – Quote by Mark Twain
“Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
Mark Twain
Vanity and Self-Education – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach