Lavagna Interattiva Quotes & Sayings

Further, the constitution of our consciousness is the ever present and lasting element in all we do or suffer; our individuality is persistently at work, more or less, at every moment of our life: all other influences are temporal, incidental, fleeting, and subject to every kind of chance and change. This is why Aristotle says: It is not wealth but character that lasts.
And just for the same reason we can more easily bear a misfortune which comes to us entirely from without, than one which we have drawn upon ourselves; for fortune may always change, but not character. Therefore, subjective blessings - a noble nature, a capable head, a joyful temperament, bright spirits, a well-constituted, perfectly sound physique, in a word, mens sana in corpore sano, are the first and most important elements in happiness; so that we should be more intent on promoting and preserving such qualities than on the possession of external wealth and external honor. — Arthur Schopenhauer

She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone? — Nora Roberts

Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not. — Niels Bohr

Once you buy into a television show, there doesn't have to be resolution from week to week. You can develop characters and storylines and react to the audience, so you get more of a serialized version of storytelling where you can go much deeper into each character. It's more like a novel. — Jon Favreau

I'd never even seen a play by the time I was 24 years old. — John Corbett

Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety. — William Hazlitt

In a funny way, I like the past, I'm a very nostalgic person. — Elle Fanning

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas. — H.G.Wells

I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people. — Boy George

I believe there is an explanation for everything - although we shall never know the explanation for everything. Not everything in this world can be understood by us, nor should it be. It is not necessary. — Steve Augarde

I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade. — Adam Jones

I am not comfortable walking the ramp for just any designer. I am particular about who I associate with. — Kangana Ranaut