#matter

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#desires #enjoyment #every #every man #evidently

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go. ↗

— Richard Bach

#chosen #events #go #how #learn

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#bad one #dullness #excellence #good #good sign

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse. ↗

— David Bailey

#body #concern #deeply #drinking #dull

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#advanced #against #been #brief #covered

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#birds #earlier #matter #morning #shame

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters? ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#else #heaven #him #love #love you

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#arab #cetera #challenges #critical #east

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. ↗

— Sam Abell

#how #little #masters #matters #much

The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#compelling #epic #every #him #matter