“Some for the Glories of This World; and some / Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; / Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, / Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Well, he used to say that the great thing in married life was patience. Do you hear, Vanya? Not love, but patience. Love cannot last long. You have lived two years in love, and now evidently your married life has reached the period when, in order to preserve equilibrium, so to speak, you ought to exercise all your patience. . . .” Seagull
My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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