#ld

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. ↗

— Epictetus

#does #master #most #regard #though

Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler's passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed. ↗

— Robert Runcie

#been #centuries #christian #fervently #hatred

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#cannot #destroyed #else #find #first

It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me. ↗

— Greg Rusedski

#always #big #go #golf #i

A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. ↗

— Otis Rush

#give #guy #nothin #promise #will

I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world. ↗

— Otis Rush

#around #day #every #every day #first

But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#achieve #better #better world #certainly #clear

If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#better #better way #blowing #change #doing

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#fight #groups #images #make #natural

Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#also #biologists #build #classify #common