Those who are vain have little ability to feel grateful.
Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale.
“Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given, and trembled in awe of the hand that w...”
“He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.”
“The beauty of truth is that it need not be proclaimed or believed. It skips from soul to soul, changing form each time it touches, but it is what it is, I have seen it, and someday you will, too.”
“No matter what it is, if you dont move your eyes and set the pace yourself, your intellect is sentenced to death. The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must wor...”
“Adversity has its compensations, that in falling, and in failing, we rise. It is as if there is a hand behind us that sets to right all imbalances. Why do you think the saints seldom had the tempor...”
“Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever.”
“At the end of each day, write down three things from the day you feel grateful for, and you will attract positive things into your life. Decide today that you are going to get rid of negativity in ...”
“CHOOSE WISELY'Birth wasn't your choice, and neither shall death be.But the way you live your lifeis your choice, buddy.”
“By concentrating on what I was grateful for, I was able to stave off despair.”
“Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.”
“Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.Francois de La Rochefoucauld”
“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.”