Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the... →
Alan Arkin
Running fills the cup that has to pour out for others. Running feeds the soul that has a responsibility to nourish. Running sets the anchor that... →
Kristin Armstrong
Circumstances in life often take us places that we never intended to go. We visit some places of beauty, others of pain and desolation.
I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some... →
Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running... →
This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with... →
Johann Arndt
My graduate study was interrupted, like that of many others, by World War II.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.
Antonin Artaud