Tom Mabe Quotes

#1. Die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss. Our lives are just shadows of that guiding principle.

Haruki Murakami

#2. Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.

Aristotle.

#3. There's no single right way to say goodbye to someone you love. But the most important thing is that you keep some part of them inside you.

Ali Benjamin

#4. History is not just about the analysis of evidence, unrolling vellum documents or answering exam papers. It is not about judging the dead. It is about understanding the meaning of the past - to realize the whole evolving human story over centuries, not just our own lifetimes.

Ian Mortimer

#5. Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin.

T. S. Eliot

#6. Man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.

Michel De Montaigne

#7. Write first. Worry about getting an agent or publisher later. Write it first. Prove you can do it and then others will listen. Tons of people talk about books they want to write. Far fewer are those who actually complete that vision. Don't be a talker.

Po Bronson

#8. I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.

Rachel Maddow

#9. I had been a guerrilla leader in World War II. And I used to say that the way to fight the guerrilla was with guerrillas. And I disbelieved that you could by bombing, ah, have any effect on the supplies coming down through the Ho Chi Minh trails.

Roger Hilsman

#10. In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate.

Matt Mullenweg