Gonzalo Alarcon

“la idea de la unidad de los griegos, al menos, a partir de la paideia: la educación que hacía a los ciudadanos mucho más que eso, la cultura como un ideal de lo humano que trascendía las fronteras veredales y mezquinas de cada tiranía y cada democracia griega: Esparta, Atenas, Corinto, etcétera.”
― Juan Esteban Constaín, El Hijo del Hombre: Grecia, Roma y el nacimiento del cristianismo

“On that long road to success, and I emphasize the word long, you will stumble. You have the choice of remaining on the ground or you can pick yourself up, and struggle again on that path that you hope will take you to the career or the success that you have dreamed of. Don’t give up, just persevere.”   Justice Joyce Kennard Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court”
― Robert Cullen, The Leading Lawyer, a Guide to Practicing Law and Leadership

“Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness and remains far behind yours. Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words. —RAINER MARIA RILKE”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

“Gregory of Nyssa said, ‘Ideas create idols; only wonder leads to knowing.’ ”
― T.M. Doran, Toward the Gleam