Acumen – Page 3 – Eudaimonia

Clay Grows Hard and Wax Melts

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts. — Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail. – John Dewey (1859-1952)

We don’t grow older, we grow riper. — Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

A flute with no holes is not a flute. — Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else. — Martin Buber (1878-1965)

Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are. — Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’. — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Be a fountain, not a drain. — Rex Hudler (1960-)

A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated. – Khaled Hosseini (1965-)