Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. Don Quixote
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
He who wills believes with a fair amount of certainty that will and action are somehow one; he ascribes the success, the carrying out of the willing, to the will itself, and thereby enjoys an increase of the sensation of power which accompanies all success. Beyond Good and Evil
Everything you value is a product of unimaginably lengthy developmental processes, personal, cultural, biological. 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
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