“The zest for life of those unusual men and women who make a great zealous success of living is due more often in good part to the craftiness and pertinacity with which they manage to overlook the misery of others. You can watch them watch life beat the stuffing out of the faces of their friends and acquaintances, although they themselves seem to outwit the dense delays of social custom, the tedious tick-tock of bureaucratic obfuscation, accepting loss and age and change and disappointment without suffering punctures in their stomach lining.” MenLifeSeemsAgeFacesSufferingSocialLossAcceptingWatchesBeatsMen And WomenMiseryDisappointmentDuesManageCustomsStomachUnusualDelayAcquaintanceTediousDenseTickZestZealousPunctureZest For LifeObfuscationTockTick TockCraftiness Author:Edward Hoagland
“Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.” SometimesAcceptingBlameDues Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.” WayGivingKindMayPersonsAcceptingPraiseRewardsDuesMeritSubtleFlatteryGiverConcealedIngeniousReceiverDiscerning Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“[Those who accept] the Americanized, Constantinian paradigm [say:] We are of God; they are of the Devil. We are the light; they are the darkness. Our wars are therefore "holy" wars. With all due respect, this is blatant idolatry.” WarLightAcceptingDarknessHolyDevilDuesParadigmIdolatryHoly War Author:Gregory A. Boyd