Quotes for All
Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, to be free from freedom. Eric Hoffer
…the majority of people cannot endure the bareness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves. Eric Hoffer
Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. We join a mass movement to escape from individual responsibility, or, in the words of an ardent young Nazi, to be free from freedom. It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all … Read more
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a wise bee that gathers honey from flowers, so also through your reading obtain healing for your soul. Ephrem the Syrian
The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear- Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year. Emily Dickinson
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be – what human nature mostly delights in – a fight. Emanuel Lasker
Lady beware. Fan not the harmless glow Of admiration into ardent love, Lean not with red curled smiling lips above The flickering spark of sinless flame, and blow, Lest in the sudden waking of desire Thou, like the child, shalt perish in the fire. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It is a sadness of growing older that some of us lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult. Elizabeth Aston
Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals. Edwin Markham
Prayer ardent opens heaven. Edward Young