Nothing more rapidly inclines a person t…

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Quentin Crisp

Nothing of importance is ever achieved w…

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Bertrand Russell