“If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live.”
Poemen (340–450) Egyptian monk and desert father
Saying 81
Original: Ovunque siate, restate e fate voi stessi.
Source: prevale.net
“If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live.”
Poemen (340–450) Egyptian monk and desert father
Saying 81
Stephen King book Doctor Sleep
Variant: There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.
Source: Doctor Sleep
“Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddamn rules.”
Maria Callas (1923–1977) American-born Greek operatic soprano
On her controversial personality and performance, quoted in Wild Women Talk Back : Audacious Advice for the Bedroom, Boardroom, and Beyond (2004) by Autumn Stephens, p. 142
Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975) Muslim cleric and Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe.
24 June 2016 https://twitter.com/muftimenk/status/746363830985428993 <br class="br">Twitter
“You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself.”
Barry Hannah (1942–2010) Short story writer, novelist, professor
Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) American minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 433.