#ed

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. ↗

— Xun Zi

#bad #being #controlled #corrected #kings

Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be put aside, as if one were leaving a chapel and bringing the prayer to an end in one's head. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#bringing #chapel #clear #complete #end

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#believe #change #himself #i #i believe

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#body #bright #clear #empty #enlightenment

Who included me among the ranks of the human race? ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#human #human race #included #me #race

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me. ↗

— Adam Brody

#captivating #enjoyed #hindsight #how #i

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#adversaries #along #attacks #avoid #earth

Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while. ↗

— Adam Brody

#been #being #different #film #film actor

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#alternative #ask #change #change the world #degree

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#believe #ever #generation #greatest #greatest generation