603 Followers 767 FollowingWe tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.
609 Followers 733 FollowingI want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
584 Followers 709 FollowingLife is easier to take than you think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable and bear the intolerable.
595 Followers 831 FollowingThe Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.
620 Followers 839 FollowingВ природе противоположные причины часто производят одинаковые действия: лошадь равно падает на ноги от застоя и от излишней езды.
611 Followers 743 FollowingMy father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. (On steel industry executives who increased prices)
594 Followers 529 FollowingNo more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
598 Followers 736 FollowingThe prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into a large music factory and had thrown all the notes into confusion.
572 Followers 845 FollowingЧашечка кофе после обеда – и наше самоуважение возрастает; точно так же достаточно порою небольшой шутки, чтобы сбить большую спесь.
571 Followers 725 FollowingNo matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.
585 Followers 601 FollowingEither you think--or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
595 Followers 676 FollowingFriends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different.
619 Followers 784 FollowingWhat I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.