Epicurism Means Quotes & Sayings

It is not for nothing that Skaldin in one part of his book quotes Adam Smith: we have seen that both his views and the character of his arguments in many respects repeat the theses of that
great ideologist of the progressive bourgeoisie. — Vladimir Lenin

I used to think the world was divided into good people and bad people, that you could pin responsibility for evil on certain definite people and punish the guilty. I'm still going through the motions. — Ross Macdonald

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment. — Tim Robbins

Luckily, she'd remembered to wear her brain-to-mouth filter today.
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"How big are you?" Apparently, her filter still let stupid questions slip out. (Angie) — Annie Nicholas

We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave. — Swami Vivekananda

Just as a mountain of snow is nothing but water, so also the whole universe is nothing but bliss. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country. — Cindy Sheehan

All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity. — George Washington

If we think our job here on earth is to fix ourselves, we will keep looking for the broken places. If we believe our job is to be kind, we will keep lavishing love on ourselves. — Geneen Roth