The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.


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Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, it...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronolo...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Right reason is stronger than force.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor ju...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a bra...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best ...
JAMES A. FROUDE
Moving a magazine is like ordering 100,000 gallons of alphabet soup, to go. Last week, in Manhattan,...
JAMES A. LINEN
In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and ...
JAMES A. FORBES
I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
JAMES A. BALDWIN
Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
By assuming control of Platinum before the expiration of the required waiting period while the Justi...
CHARLES A. JAMES
This conduct prematurely reduced competition between the companies. Merging parties must strictly ad...
CHARLES A. JAMES
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and ...
JAMES A. FORBES
Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.
JAMES A. BALDWIN
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's ...
JAMES A. BALDWIN
Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel li...
JAMES A. MOORE
Painful experiences are like scars in our minds. Some have healed and been forgotten. Others are the...
JAMES A. MURPHY
I am a poor hater.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
A man needs selfacceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs selfcriticism or others can't li...
JAMES A. PIKE
These divestitures ensure that consumers of milk, an American staple, continue to get the benefits o...
CHARLES A. JAMES
Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce....
JAMES A. GARFIELD
He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Suicide is not a remedy.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Whosoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerc...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Ideas control the world.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
This merger would give General Dynamics a permanent monopoly in nuclear submarines and would substan...
CHARLES A. JAMES
Thoughts turn to other's just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow l...
JAMES A. MURPHY
For those scientists who take it seriously, Darwinian evolution has functioned more as a philosophic...
JAMES A. SHAPIRO
I know,” said Peter. “Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choos...
JAMES A. OWEN
Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Everything is fascinating and holds their at...
JAMES A. MURPHY
Music is the language of all. It tames the savage beast and allows us to get over heartbreak. It hel...
JAMES A. MURPHY
Faith is about going through hell, coming out with some scars, and becoming a wiser person from the ...
JAMES A. MURPHY
THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED: RELIVING DISSOCIATED EXPERIENCES

The reexperiencing of previ...
JAMES A. CHU
Good times are a reminder and a reward for dealing with the difficult and challenging times we all g...
JAMES A. MURPHY
This merger would create a monopoly in those areas where cable television is not available, thereby ...
CHARLES A. JAMES
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Seeking excellence means choosing to forge your own sword to cut through the limitations of your lif...
JAMES A. MURPHY
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, ...
JAMES A. BALDWIN
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be pr...
JAMES A. BALDWIN
Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday And, not surprisingly, that is what...
JAMES A. KITCHENS
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no rem...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
It ain't bragging if you've done it. There's nothing wrong with being proud of doing something well....
JAMES A. OWEN
Life is this simple ~ birth, eat, drink, play, explore, and relate to family and friends; be happy a...
JAMES A. MURPHY
It has occurred to me that the thing you have, that all men have enough of, is perhaps the thing tha...
JAMES A. GARFIELD
The difficulties in diagnosing DID result primarily from lack of education among clinicians about di...
JAMES A. CHU