Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself - except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence |
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. |
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. |
Hope is a talent like any other |
Hope is a talent like any other |
Language is memory and metaphor |
Language is memory and metaphor |
Mere human beings can't afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a million helpless people to clear a space for his law-courts. If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises. |
The impossible talked of is less impossible from the moment words are laid to it |
The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable. |
Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters? |
We need the slower and more lasting stimulus of solitary reading as a relief from the pressure on eye, ear and nerves of the torrent of information and entertainment pouring from ever-open electronic jaws. It could end by stupefying us. |