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I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#commenting #existence #i #into #like

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. ↗

— William James

#bring #happiness #may #without

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. ↗

— William James

#behalf #caution #certain #errors #excessive

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. ↗

— William James

#between #companionship #joyousness #life #need

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#cheaper #clear #clear conscience #conscience #contented

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. ↗

— St. Jerome

#daughter #first #first of all #godly #heart

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#also #because #build #contain #live

I struggled for 15 years in this business before Miami Vice came along. ↗

— Don Johnson

#before #business #came #i #miami

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness. ↗

— Menander

#even #god #hand #honest #lends

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. ↗

— Mencius

#enter #into #kindly #kindness #men