#pursuits

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#beauty #believe #father #felt #gave

I am not politically correct. I am all about the facts, I am all about the truth and I am all about Godly pursuits and what this country was built on, and I am not apologetic about it. ↗

— Luke Scott

#am #apologetic #built #correct #country

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#aristocracy #background #chivalry #civilization #exalted

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#chiefly #composer #exposure #false #i

Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#broadest #contribution #engaged #enrichment #human

From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

#beginning #being #center #completely #devoted

I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established. ↗

— John A. Logan

#die #entered #established #expect #fact

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#cannot #company #feel #finds #himself

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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