My brother has his sword and I have my mind, and a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
-Tyrion Lannister
Statuses
Man must try everything even before the receiving…
Man must try everything even before the receiving nature discovers that it takes no pleasure in it, and only then will it agree to ask things of the Creator.
-Micheal Laitman, The Kabbalah Experience
Detachment Asceticism is not that you should own…
Detachment (Asceticism) is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.
-Ali bin Abi Talib
ليس الزهد ان لا تملك شيئاً لكن الزهد ان لا يملكك شيء
Purity of heart is to will one thing…
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
-Soren Kierkegaard
Be more concerned with your character than your…
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
-John R. Wooden