#k

Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#her #his #i #imagination #learned

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. ↗

— Diogenes

#former #friends #good #good friends #him

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. ↗

— Diogenes

#less #listen #more #talk #tongue

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. ↗

— Diogenes

#godlike #gods #little #nothing #privilege

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend. ↗

— Yohan Blake

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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. ↗

— Diogenes

#child #cup #drinking #hands #his

Natural born geniuses, like Mozart or Shakespeare, don’t have anything more than you — they have something less. What they lack are the self-imposed blocks to the outflow of this infinite creative intelligence. ↗

— Derek Rydall

#emergence #law-of-emergence #selfhelp #spirituality #intelligence

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. ↗

— William Blake

#defending #i #know #sake #tell

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. ↗

— William Blake

#beauty #displayed #exist #naked #never

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. ↗

— Diogenes

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