#eases

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#fight #pleases #us #victory

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#pleases #struggle #us #victory

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#action figure #argument #batman #figure #give

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny. ↗

— Colin Powell

#action #attains #chief #condition #depend

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#die #diseases #little #past #present

Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist. ↗

— Ned Rorem

#artist #being #ceases #childhood #grows

Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child. ↗

— Max Muller

#child #learns #soon #strangers

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#animal #dairy #disaster #diseases #eat

Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#before #children #diarrhea #die #diseases