#elf

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#himself #man #many #pleasure #really

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#like #servant #serve #would #you

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#because #comfortable #course #difficult #easiest

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#goal #himself #his #loses #man

I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#been #character #consider #find #fortunate

To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#different #different parts #emotional #explore #hide

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#could #electrical #energy #made #means

I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#every #great #i #learned #myself

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#country #down #dumber #get #gets

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#beauty #become #change #continues #historical