#he

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. ↗

— Epictetus

#anything #approach #brings #each #happiness

Uncertainty is a temptress. We may try our best to avoid her. But what is certain is that at some point of time, she will find us. The only question that remains is whether like Medusa, she will paralyze you, or whether like one of the nine muses of ancient Greece, she will drive you to greater things. ↗

— Richie Singh

#inspirational-attitude #reality-check #attitude

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#books #buy #clothes #food #get

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#dream world #face #face reality #into #live

Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity of the European phenomenon. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#greece #integrity #phenomenon #possible #preserve

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#advances #aesthetic #coming #innovation #nearly

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#ecosystems #every #fundamental #isolated #learning

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#course #fragmentation #our #systems #their

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#demands #destinations #disease #existed #his

What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It's biblical, it's huge. It's so personal. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#does #get #huge #kill #personal