Dorian Mode Quotes

#1. The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre ... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of words and deeds arranged in the Dorian mode. Such a one makes me joyous with the sound of his voice, so eager am I in drinking in his words.

Plato

#2. people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me. Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

#3. Harmony that would fittingly imitate the utterances and accents of a brave man who is engaged in warfare or in any enforced business, and who, when he has failed [ ... ] confronts fortune with steadfast endurance and repels her strokes

Plato

#4. Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

Jean Vanier

#5. I'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.

Vince Vaughn

#6. evaluation by others is not a guide for me. The judgments of others, while they are to be listened to, and taken into account for what they are, can never be a guide for me. This has been a hard thing to learn.

Carl R. Rogers

#7. Despite the gentlemanly kiss, a ferocity burned behind his gaze promising something primal.

Katherine McIntyre

#8. There's no more happiness," Leo said roughly. "There's no peace in any damn corner of my life. She took it all with her. For pity's sake, Amelia ... go meddle in someone else's affairs, and leave me the hell alone.

Lisa Kleypas

#9. It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough approximation.

Jamais Cascio