Understanding – Eudaimonia

In War and In Politics

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. — Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. — Robert Frost (1874-1963)

History is a vision of God’s creation on the move. — Arnold J Toynbee (1889-1975)

God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life. — Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing. — W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. — William Penn (1644-1718)

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)