M Lancolique Def Quotes & Sayings

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough.
[Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.
Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.] — Plautus

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them. — Gerald May

Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven. — Ronan Farrow

Each of us is the next step in evolution along the lineage created by our two parents. Our higher purpose on earth can be found by recognizing what our parents accomplished and where they left off. By reconciling what they gave us with what they left us to resolve, we can get a clear picture of who we are and what we are meant to do. — James Redfield

'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is. — Merle Haggard

When I woke up this time, the dream was still hanging around me, caught in my sheets and my hair. — Holly Seddon

Anger is a fuel that can only carry you so far. — Wendelin Van Draanen

Politics is the last resort of scoundrels. — Blase Bonpane

Discrimination is alive and soaring. — Jonathan Kozol

I'm really into rocks. I have a really serious rock collection. Rocks and feathers and shells and strange found things in nature. I have a lot of those kinds of collections. — Brit Marling

History is not coherent; moreover, the politics of coherence tend to drive history in the least tolerable directions. — Joshua Clover