Our greatest pleasure in this world is pleasant thoughts.
Avarice is more contrary to the economy than liberality.
Francois La Rochefoucauld
We love to desire more than we love the object of our desire.
Friedrich Nietzsche
To an equal degree of importance, it is our thoughts and attitudes that define us.
T.J.
I would have greater confidence in the performance of a man who expects a large reward than in the performance of a man who has already received it.
Voltaire
The value of all knowledge lies in its connection with our needs, aspirations and actions; otherwise, knowledge becomes a simple ballast of...
V. Kliutchevski