#art

I look at the others, simpering courtiers and visiting dignitaries, all unsuspecting of what is to come. A merciful man should spare them, but I had mercy cut out of me at a young age. ↗

— A.F. Stewart

#curse #magic #ruined-city #wizard #age

Buddha ﬁrst taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #art

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise; for the result is waste of time and general stagnation. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

I tried to push down my anger. One thing I hated more than Daemon's douche-nozzle side was him telling me what to do. "You don't own me, Daemon." "It's not about ownership, you little nut." "Nut?" I glared at him. "I wouldn't call me names when I have a knife in my hand. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#jennifer-l-armentrout #katy-and-daemon #katy-swartz #lux #onyx

Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted. ↗

— Martin Luther

#impatience #patience #tribulation #anger

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me ↗

— Criss Jami

#anger #battery #control #heart #inner

...there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#art

Do what you gotta do - see what happens. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. ↗