Why do I strive, why do I toil in this narrow, confined frame, when life, all life with all its joys, is open to me? Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote – “No single event can awaken within us…”
No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls. It is true that a sudden illumination may now and then light up a destiny and impel a man in a new direction. But illumination […]
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote – “Human anguish is the product of…”
Human anguish is the product of the loss by man of his true identity. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote – “Love is not thinking, but being.”
Love is not thinking, but being. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote – “In anything at all, perfection is finally attained…”
In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Why should you want?…”
Why should you want? Behold, the earth hath roots; Within this mile break forth a hundred springs; The oaks bear mast, the biers scarlet hips: The bounteous housewife, nature, on each bush Lays her full mess before you. Want! why want? William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Rich, only to be wretched…”
Rich, only to be wretched, thy great fortunes Are made thy chief afflictions. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “O’ the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us…”
O’ the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us! Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt? Who would be so mock’d with glory? or to live But in a dream of friendship? To have his pomp and all what state compounds But only painted, like his varnish’d friends? William Shakespeare (1564 – […]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “Nothing is more disgusting than the majority…”
Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quote – “What saves a man is to take a step…”
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)