#imp

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. ↗

— Confucius

#firm #modest #near #simple #virtue

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. ↗

— William Congreve

#almost #certain #comes #fear #impervious

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. ↗

— Paul Valery

#always #literature #means #recipes #rest

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. ↗

— Paul Valery

#mistaken #never #only #poe #writer

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#economy #improvements #method #prepare #today

Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#conscious #detached #feelings #impossible #informed

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#changes #come #conscience #demands #form

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#here #i #i am #impossible #knowing

Some of the ideas that come from the fringe of the far right are just so implausible that it is hard to take those ideas seriously. ↗

— John Conyers

#far #far right #fringe #hard #ideas

Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision. ↗

— Scott Cook

#difficult #even #flavors #home #make