“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Theodore Dalrymple (1949) English doctor and writer
CBC Ideas Interview (podcast) (September 25, 2006)
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
Source: Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You
Scott Hahn (1957) American theologian
Source: Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
Charles Haughey (1925–2006) Irish politician
Ex-Irish Taoiseach Haughey dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3001775.stm (BBC News online) <br class="br">In a television documentary in the 1980s.
Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer
XIV. In what sense, though the Gods never change, they are said to be made angry and appeased.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Context: If any one thinks the doctrine of the unchangeableness of the Gods is reasonable and true, and then wonders how it is that they rejoice in the good and reject the bad, are angry with sinners and become propitious when appeased, the answer is as follows: God does not rejoice — for that which rejoices also grieves; nor is he angered — for to be angered is a passion; nor is he appeased by gifts — if he were, he would be conquered by pleasure.
It is impious to suppose that the divine is affected for good or ill by human things. The Gods are always good and always do good and never harm, being always in the same state and like themselves. The truth simply is that, when we are good, we are joined to the Gods by our likeness to live according to virtue we cling to the Gods, and when we become evil we make the Gods our enemies — not because they are angered against us, but because our sins prevent the light of the Gods from shining upon us, and put us in communion with spirits of punishment. And if by prayers and sacrifices we find forgiveness of sins, we do not appease or change the Gods, but by what we do and by our turning toward the divine we heal our own badness and so enjoy again the goodness of the Gods. To say that God turns away from the evil is like saying that the sun hides himself from the blind.
Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
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Sovereign Maxims
Variant: Natural justice is a pledge of reciprocal benefit, to prevent one man from harming or being harmed by another.