#mit

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. ↗

— Jane Rule

#commitments #content #daily #day #harmonious

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

— Robert Runcie

#been #centuries #christian #fervently #hatred

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#admit #america #applies #doctrine #does

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#deal #everyone #just #learn #limits

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#bizarre #caricature #course #dichotomy #does

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#always #am #anybody #candid #control

I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#am #committed #country #i #i am

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity. ↗

— Saadi

#enemy #enmity #excepting #friend #increases

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#after #chance #continue #death #delighted

Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#allows #apply #both #clutter #creating