Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man’s face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices. There are no such things. If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.
– from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde
America is run from the bottom …
America is run from the bottom up and optimized for the individual; China is run from the top down and optimized for the collective.
– from Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order book by Ray Dalio
I have always believed that each …
I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
– from Grinding It Out book by Ray Kroc
It’s a strange thing, becoming an …
It’s a strange thing, becoming an orphan at sixteen. To lose your family long before you’ve had time to create your own to replace it. It’s a very specific sort of loneliness.
– from A Man Called Ove book by Fredrik Backman
It’s never just business. It never …
It’s never just business. It never will be. If it ever does become just business, that will mean that business is very bad.
– from Shoe Dog book by Phil Knight
Some men are born mediocre, some …
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
– from Catch-22 book by Joseph Heller
One of the greatest satisfactions of …
One of the greatest satisfactions of gardening is the independence it can confer – from the greengrocer, the florist, the pharmacist, and, for some, the drug dealer.
– from This Is Your Mind on Plants book by Michael Pollan
Nothing soothes the soul like a …
Nothing soothes the soul like a gallop in the sunshine.
– from The Women book by Kristin Hannah
New York was a great place …
New York was a great place to have no money. There’s so much free art and beauty, so much incredible, cheap food. But having money in New York, now that would be magical.
– from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry
I am here to keep becoming …
I am here to keep becoming truer, more beautiful versions of myself again and again forever. To be alive is to be in a perpetual state of revolution.
– from Untamed book by Glennon Doyle