Hannibal (-247–-183 BC) military commander of Carthage during the Second Punic War
As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
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“He said The Sufi is the son of the moment.”
Shams-i Tabrizi (1185–1248) 1185-1248, spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi.
Me & Rumi (2004)
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.”
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor
“Tolkien's dead. J. K. Rowling said no. Philip Pullman couldn't make it. Hi, I'm Terry Pratchett.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
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“It's not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.”
Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant.”
Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) German philosopher
“.. but what a pity that I did not come here [in Venice] when I was younger and more adventurous.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter
Quote in Monet's letter to art-ritic and friend Gustave Geffroy, 1907; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 56
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“I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 41
“The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul”
Chrysippus (-281–-208 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
As quoted in De Natura Deorum by Cicero, i. 15.
“Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
Viktor E. Frankl book Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning
Variant: But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician
"On the Principles of Political Morality that Should Guide the National Convention in the Domestic Administration of the Republic" (5 February 1784/18 Ploviôse Year 2)
