merit

Be wary of any man who intentionally ignores another man's record of deeds or work history simply to impose their own agenda. Such a man's judgment lacks merit and should be disregarded immediately. Without a conscience, there is no truth in them.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

The tragedy of art is the misalignment of merit and the perception thereof. A hype is a classic example of positive (from the creator__ perspective) misalignment. Van Gogh is a classic example of negative misalignment, a poor laggard who may enjoy the fruits of his labour rotting under the ground. Van Gogh went unrecognized, ostracized, and is now celebrated as many who have come before him, and many who will come after him. Therefore, I declare here, the Wisdom of the Crowd does not apply to art.

When we overemphasise miracles we are saying people could get something without qualification and merit.

To sit down means to calm down without rush and fuss, stop and reflect, analyze all pros and cons, count all possible merits and faults

There's very little authentic study of the humanities remaining. My research assistant came to me two years ago saying she'd been in a seminar in which the teacher spent two hours saying that Walt Whitman was a racist. This isn't even good nonsense. It's insufferable.

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

You may not understand issues that do not pertain to the heart, but be a master in areas that do. Nobody knows everything, and nobody can be a master of everything. Nobody was created perfect, and nobody should be measured according to perfection. It is the weight of your heart that matters the most in the end. All else is irrelevant.

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.

You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won__ be far behind you.___than____o. I will never be far behind you._ He tipped up my chin so that I could do nothing else but look back into his eyes. __o the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret__nd that I__l continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.

Some people want you to call them rabbi; some people want you to call them American; some people want you to admire their tats. We__e all got our facades. At least the dean__ self-qualifier is based on merit. Can you say the same about your tattoos? Come on, he__ a sad man. Leave him alone.

I walked inside and paused for a moment to breathe in the scent of paper and dust__he perfumes of knowledge.

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

PAPER TOWERSThe library was on the second floor of the House, not far from my room. It had two floors__he first held the majority of the books and a balcony wrapped in a wrought-iron railing held another set. It was a cavalcade of tomes, all in immaculate rows, and with study carrels and tables thrown in for good measure. It was my home away from home(away from home.I walked inside and paused for a moment to breathe in the scent of paper and dust__he perfumes of knowledge. The library was empty of patrons as far as I could tell, but I could hear the rhythmic squeal of a library cart somewhere in the rows. I followed them down until I found the dark-haired vampire shelving books with mechanical precision. I knew him only as __he librarian._ He was a fount of information, and he had a penchant for leaving books outside my door.

Today. the celebration is for the "victorious", not the meritorious. The depiction to the youth, is that one can be victorious without merit, and that merit is less notable than victory. The result, is the masses are selectively and passively affirming that winning trumps hard work, that theft trumps the pride of ownership, and that personal success trumps collective progress.

I am beginning to remember what it means to need things. Laughter. Companionship. Love. "He leant forward and pressed his forehead to mine. "And I need you, Merit.