#ness

One who is patient glows with an inner radiance. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #mindfulness #patience #art

A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily cease to weigh upon us so heavily. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#failure #forgiveness #judgmentt #tragedy #art

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracián

#art

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak.  ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull.  Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

You're great but you're not there when I go to bed at night or get up in the morning. You don't make me a cup of tea after a hard day at work, or rub my back in the bath. I'm sick of being lonely. Is that so wrong?  ↗

— Eleanor Prescott

#relationships #art

The dandy turns idleness into an art form. The couch potato, into a snack form. But the supreme idler is the couch dandy: his art is superficial flavoring. ↗

— Bauvard

#dandyism #idleness #snacking #art