Be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
—Socrates (Anceient Greek Philosopher)
How feeble are we that we’re swayed more by dubious flattery than by valid suggestions.
—Marty Nemko (American Career Coach, Author)
In my experience, there’s only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That’s to have a vision and to stick with it… Once I have a vision for a new venture, I’m going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.
—Russell Simmons (American Entrepreneur)
Even a high experience is worth nothing, when not polished and kept warm.
—Hans Taeger
It helps a lot looking at life from the perspective of one’s certain death. Try to visualize yourself at the hour of death. Just a couple of minutes each day. It’s basic Buddhist beginners practice.
—Hans Taeger
The individual or the group which organizes any society, however social its intentions or pretensions, arrogates an inordinate portion of social privilege to itself.
—Reinhold Niebuhr (American Protestant Theologian)
Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
—Reinhold Niebuhr (American Protestant Theologian)