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Why do I put myself in a position to be cast aside or not considered as I would like to? Because I am a creative mind, because I still aspire to be one. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

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I think I'm as content as one can be. ↗

— Nikki Cox

#i #i think #think

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. ↗

— Edmond About

#been #conversation #correspondence #danger #enlightened

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#consumer #going #i #need #some

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. ↗

— Plato

#first #himself #man #noblest #victories

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#awful #book #convent #disgusted #felt

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#control #equal #her #man #mind

I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#afterlife #am #conditions #ego #eternally

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#before #christ #confucius #first #golden

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#called #concerned #danger #divine #expression