Two Thoughts (28 July - 3 August)
Sunday, 28 July
Two thoughts from Boris Pasternak
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.”
“Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.”
Monday, 29 July
Two thoughts from Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.”
“All values in this world are more or less questionable, but the most important thing in life is human kindness.”
Tuesday, 30 July
Two thoughts from Andrei Platonov
“Busy remaking the world, man forgot to remake himself.”
"Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive."
Wednesday, 31 July
Two thoughts from Chinua Achebe
“When a coward sees a man he can beat, he becomes hungry for a fight.”
“If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.”
Thursday, 1 August
Two thoughts from Alan Bennett
“Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.”
“Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards.”
Friday, 2 August
Two thoughts from Sun Tzu
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”
Saturday, 3 August
Two thoughts from Robert Penn Warren
“It is a human defect – to try to know one’s self by the self of another.”
“The best luck always happens to people who don’t need it.”
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dear jim,
thanks as always for these great quotes! some of my faves this week:
Boris Pasternak:
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.”
“Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.”
Sun Tzu:
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”
Robert Penn Warren:
“It is a human defect – to try to know one’s self by the self of another.”
“The best luck always happens to people who don’t need it.”
much love
myq