In Everything, It Is No Easy Task

[i]t Is Rather The Case That We Desire Something Because We Believe It To Be Good Than That We Believe A Thing To Be Good Because We Desire It. It Is The Thought That Starts Things Off.

Men Are Swayed More By Fear Than By Reverence.

Choice Not Chance Determines Your Destiny [my Family Motto...credited To Aristotle]

In [the Soul] One Part Naturally Rules, And The Other Is Subject, And The Virtue Of The Ruler We Maintain To Be Different From That Of The Subject; The One Being The Virtue Of The Rational, And The Other Of The Irrational Part. Now, It Is Obvious That The Same Principle Applies Generally, And Therefore Almost All Things Rule And Are Ruled According To Nature.

To Appreciate The Beauty Of A Snow Flake, It Is Necessary To Stand Out In The Cold.