Sir Richard Steele Quotes

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

We should employ our passions in the service of life,” Sir Richard Steele wrote, “not spend life in the service of our passions.

Asked how this affected "detente," Sir Alec said the Soviets move when they see an opportunity. They always have. Like a knife, they push ahead when they hit butter, and back away when they hit steel...Soviet policy seeks a "maximum of confusion and a minimum of commitment.