Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W.H. AudenTags: books writing memory appreciation forget notability quality
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
Mae WestTags: excess decadence innuendo risque appreciation indulgence over-indulgence
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Mark TwainTags: joy companionship appreciation
Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
Hunter S. ThompsonTags: power-of-music inspiration appreciation
Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.
SenecaTags: life money time values appreciation waste wasted-time
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Marcus AureliusTags: life optimism beauty stars appreciation sense-of-wonder awe positivity
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
Mahatma GandhiTags: life time appreciation speed
In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued."
(From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China)
Tags: empowerment equality men women appreciation
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah WinfreyTags: life perception contentment appreciation thanksgiving positivity dissatisfaction thankfulness
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt WhitmanTags: nature priorities simple-pleasures appreciation
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