#end

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#confidence #contentment #friend #greatest #health

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism. ↗

— Edward Bond

#asked #being #called #community #competition

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#businesses #economy #get #go #going

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#corruption #end #first #justifies #means

I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital. ↗

— Halle Berry

#anyway #diabetic #diet #end #had

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. ↗

— John Tyler

#course #cultivated #depends #far #friendship

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#elaborate #every #every man #everything #intended

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#behavior #country #defended #ethical #should

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Joe Biden

#disaster #economy #idea #just #middle

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#different #find #four #hard #hard work