Brendan

“I was connected to God like that, and because he was there, I was connected to the whole of his creation.”
― Phillip Pullman

“Others have been in poor health from overindulgence and high living, before exile has provided strength, forcing them to live a more vigorous life.”
― Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus on How to live

“If we were to measure what is good by how much pleasure it brings, nothing would be better than self-control- if we were to measure what is to be avoided by its pain, nothing would be more painful than lack of self-control”
― Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus on How to live

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures”
― Musonius Rufus