Sublime

Luck is about foresight paired with strategic action.

The gamester never plays the card the opponent expects, still less that which he wants.

The Life Force you’re seeking is only granted when you behave—behave, not read, memorize, or explain—in an expansive way.

The best thing about Aristotle’s “constant learning, constant trying, constant searching” is what results from it: a mature yet still pliable person, brimming with experiences both old and new, who doesn’t rely solely on familiar routines or dated information about how the world works.

Do not turn one Blunder into two. It is quite usual to commit four others in order to remedy one, or to excuse one piece of impertinence by still another.

The wise man will try to live unnoticed, so as to have no enemies.

If a person is scrupulous in his conduct, gentle in his conversation, pleasant towards his fellow creatures, affable in manner when receiving them, not responding even when affronted, but showing courtesy to all, even to those who treat him with disdain…such a person has sanctified God and about him Scripture says, “You are My servant, Israel, in w

“The first thing, Kurnos, which gods bestow on one they would annihilate, is pride.”

‘The man or woman of areté is a person of the highest effectiveness; they use all their faculties: strength, bravery, wit, and deceptiveness, to achieve real results.’