“Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in keeping the romance of living going. Nothing gives such complete and profound happiness as the perpetually fresh wonder and mystery of exciting life.” GivingMayDoeRealMotivationalRomanceJoyLyingWealthWonderMysteryHonorFameExcitingProfoundAcquireJoy Of LifeReal JoyExciting LifeWonder And Mystery Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver in other words, when it acquires new sensitiveness; and the novel's success lies in its own sensitiveness, not in the success of its subject matter.” DoeMatterLyingNovelSubjectsFrontsMirrorsHistoricalAcquireCoatsSubject MatterPageant Book:Aspects Of the Novel Source: Aspects Of the Novel
“What people think about you is not supposed to matter much, so long as you yourself know where the truth lies; but I have found out, as have others who move in and out of newspaper headlines, that on occasion it can matter a good deal. For once you enter the world of headlines you learn there is not one truth but two: the one which you know from the facts; and the one which the public, or at any rate a highly imaginative part of the public, acquires by osmosis.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLongTwoMatterFactsMovingLyingFoundDealsRateNewspapersOccasionsAcquireImaginativeHeadlinesOsmosisNewspaper Headlines Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.” IfsKnowsBelieveHardLyingI BelieveCan DoBornLosesTalentHard WorkSucceedI Believe InAcquire Author:Fran Lebowitz
“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before. To speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to speak the truth. The wish alone is not enough. To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.” KnowsMenWorldWantFirstsLongIdeasEnoughLyingCertainOrderSpeakWishDifficultGrowthResultsDealsStudyTruth IsLong TimeBuiltFoundationOneselfAcquireConceptionDifficult ThingsSpeak The Truth Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.” SoulLyingEnergyPathDutyObstaclesEaseAcquireChastityAbode Book:Pensées of Joubert Source: Pensées of Joubert