Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.
Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way.
“Very few great artists feel the giant agony of the world.”
“The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.”
“A man without fear cannot be a slave.”
“Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat.”
“The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.”
“Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.”
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
“You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want you anymore that he is right -- that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws ...”
“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”
“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”
“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. I wanted to know that ...”
“Do it with passion or not at all.”