“Do I really believe that? I make a mark, a few strokes, I argue with myself, not do I like or not, but is it true or not? Is that what I mean, is that what I want?” WantBelieveMeanMarkArguingStrokes Book:Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations Source: Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations
“Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.” IfsMeanCertainGirlInterestPoorRichArmsAchievementMarkLinksSympathyThat GirlBadgesMean Girls Author:Juliette Gordon Low
“Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts” PeopleMenMeanHandsSpiritPovertyMarkBraveRighteousSoberLoftySlothBrave ManExtravaganceIndustriousHarbourIntemperanceHandmaidsThoughtlessness Author:Plutarch
“If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please.” IfsKnowsMeanShowsReadingLeftPleaseMarkCopiesAphorismKnow YourselfUneasiness Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater