"Simply the Greatest" (2020)
“Who could tell such things and still refrain from tears?”
Quis talia fando
Temperet a lacrimis?
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book II, Lines 6 and 8 (tr. Fagles)
Source: The Undomestic Goddess
“The history of the CIA brims with inquiries that cowed our spies and ruined their careers.”
Watching the Watchmen: The CIA’s investigation of its own inspector general is perfectly legitimate (2007)
“Too many people’s careers are ruined by praise instead of propelled by criticism.”
Future Proofing You (2021)
“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”
Source: The Undomestic Goddess
“Stay away from philosophy, kids: it will ruin your mind.”
In CBC Newss "At Issue", Oct 1, 2009 edition.
On a French philosopher's defense of Roman Polanski, following the later's arrest in Switzerland and extradition to the US.
Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE
Cassie Scerbo Interview https://www.clichemag.com/entertainment-interview/cassie-scerbo-interview (June 15, 2015)
“The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things.”
Preface, p. 14-15
Practical Mysticism (1914)
Context: The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man's life; and until he has realised it he is not a complete human being, he has not entered into possession of all his powers.
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Six, "I Want Clarity!", 150
