Afsaneh Pakroo Quotes & Sayings

According to Plato, the wise man is the best ruler precisely because he doesn't care unduly about political honor and power, much less about bodily pleasures. He is too absorbed in the pleasures of learning to be tempted by the lesser pleasures of glory, wealth, and hedonism. His rule is therefore benevolent and unmarred by self-interest, because the passions which in lesser men would be absorbed in material goods and sensual pleasures are sluiced off into the pleasures of the mind. The — Waller R Newell

The mist covered the ground like the white veil over a new bride's face. The air was thick with smoke - smelling of death and decay. The birds were no longer singing their sweet songs, nor were there any immediate signs of life in the area. The charred ground crunched under my feet and I realized it was the only sound I could hear in the eerie silence. I looked up at the once milky moon and cringed at its new bright crimson color. What could've possibly caused the moon to turn blood red? I thought to myself as I continued to walk cautiously through the unrecognizable forest. — Christine Gabriel

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? — Henry David Thoreau

Your state of consciousness today is not the same as it used to be or as it will be in two weeks or a couple of years from now. — Harold Klemp

For me, going home at 5:30 is as much about my own choices, but also giving my team those choices, too. — Dave Goldberg

Live and let live" is an old adage. "Live and help live" is a better one. — David O. McKay

As worms are used to bait fish; bribes are used to ensnare fools. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I recognize only the Holy Pilgrimage of Science to the Land of Truths! All other pilgrimages are nothing but touristic trips! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in. — Michael Horton

I'm not worth it. But I want you to know, in case I ever do give you this letter and you read it first before you burn it or something, that for just a little while, you made me feel like I was really alive. Like I was special. — Cynthia Hand

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know? — Ernest Hemingway,

James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing - is there anything you can do? — Natasha Leggero