#elves

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ↗

— Washington Irving

#effected #enemy #harm #least #most

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#happened #i #interested #more #people

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#sufficient #themselves #voice

The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves. ↗

— John Jewel

#know #mind #ourselves #us #word

I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#bad #bad people #i #i think #met

And I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#bad #bad people #i #i think #met

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. ↗

— Elton John

#few #healing #hours #music #out

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

#been #bestowed #life #live #lives

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves. ↗

— David Baltimore

#i think #looking #name #publicity #themselves

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#because #communicators #express #great #just