#nw

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#inward #live #power #soul

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#believers #conscience #earnest #even #judgment

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#critic #entailed #generalized #him #impossible

This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#angry #debate #democrats #even #even worse

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it. ↗

— Tori Amos

#beautiful places #cornwall #downside #great #great people

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. ↗

— David Amram

#black #black and white #did #gorgeous #greenwich

In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working. ↗

— Devon Aoki

#big #big challenge #challenge #clothes #doing

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#fears #low #meanwhile #over #sank

I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet. ↗

— Count Basie

#continued #feet #i #keep #listening

So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american troops #called #casualty #fight #first