| "If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third." »Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| "Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself." »Elie Wiesel |
| "What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense, we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself." »Anna Jameson |
| "Think, In mounting higher, The angels would press on us, and aspire To drop some golden orb of perfect song Into our deep, dear silence." »Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| "The pleasure of the senses is always regulated in accordance with the imagination. Man can aspire to felicity only by serving all the whims of his imagination." »Marquis de Sade |
| "If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place." »Cicero |
| "Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself." »Swami Sivanada |
| "One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to." »Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn |
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