#ours

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#doubt #earth #enemy #heaven #hence

When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world? ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#days #feel #feel good #good #how

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#already #approval #consult #course #decided

Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#american #any #course #expansion #frontier

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#fortune #good #good fortune #kinds #misfortunes

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#attempt #brought #catastrophes #course #felt

Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#colours #degree #happen #happening #nothing

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time. ↗

— David Bowie

#course #departing #journey #same #time

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. ↗

— Russell Brand

#beautiful #because #believe #believe in yourself #construction

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#course #person #upon #whom