"There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause."

Zedong, Mao | Arts and Artists | 1 bookmarks

"The quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the life of your cells. If the bloodstream is filled with waste products, the resulting environment does not promote a strong, vibrant, healthy cell life-nor a biochemistry capable of creating a balanced emotional life for an individual."

Robbins, Anthony | Health | 2 bookmarks

"It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be."

Macleish, Archibald | Absurdity | 3 bookmarks

"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von | Life and Living | 8 bookmarks

"Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid."

Wilde, Oscar | Careers | 2 bookmarks

"The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish."

Schwab, Charles M. | Enjoyment | 1 bookmarks

"A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him. My advice: Don't worry about yourself. Take care of those who work for you and you'll float to greatness on their achievements."

Burns, H.S.M. | Management | 5 bookmarks

"The worst solitude is to have no real friendships."

Bacon, Francis | Friends and Friendship | 15 bookmarks

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."

Gentry, David Tyson | Friends and Friendship | 22 bookmarks

"Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

Lombardi, Vince | Teams and Teamwork | 2 bookmarks