#elf

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#blessings #bound #certainly #christian #duty

Well, yeah. At a certain point, you've got to be really honest with yourself. Like, 'Why am I doing this? What are my motivations?' Like, if you get into it because you want to be famous? Then you've got a long row to hoe. But if you really feel like it's a labour of love and it's something you're actually legitimately good at, then it's not that hard to keep plugging away. ↗

— Will Arnett

#am #away #because #certain #certain point

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#because #blame #choices #choose #end

I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his throat. ↗

— Antonin Artaud

#asylum #conversation #cut #each #every

Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. ↗

— Antonin Artaud

#culture #even #fatigue #founding #more

Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones. ↗

— Antonin Artaud

#culture #even #fatigue #found #more

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#key #key to success #preparation #self-confidence #success

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#ambassador #bigger #bring #chess #events

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#education #firmly #i #kind #only

I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years and I am quite prepared to go myself with this majority... let us all look forward to the day when the catastrophe strikes us down! ↗

— John Aspinall

#billion #catastrophe #day #down #earth