"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude." ― Arthur Schopenhauer Topic(s): Great Tags: eagles, great More From Arthur Schopenhauer "Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death." "Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents." "To live alone is the fate of all great souls." More In Great "You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."― James Lane Allen "I’ve lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there’s still so much more."― Katy Perry "Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe