Stimulans Betekenis Quotes & Sayings

In everything, love simplicity. — Saint Francis De Sales

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires. — Livy

For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails ... and when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever.
- Anonymous Curse on Book Theives from the Monaster of San Pedro, Barcelona, Spain — Anatole Broyard

What does it mean to write a story of your own life in your head? We all do that whether we are writers or not. We all have a story about who we are: what gender we are, what experiences we have . . . all sorts of stories and narratives we allow ourselves to believe in and create as we go along. — Cyril Wong

The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as humans we need it. — Janet Echelman

How long would this sunset take? Time was not behaving the way he had come to expect. — Lauren Groff

Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation. — Bernie Siegel