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Sunday, 29 March
Two thoughts from James Michener
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“All I can do is play the game the way the cards fall.”
Monday, 30 March
Two thoughts from Paul Valéry
“Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.”
“The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.”
Tuesday, 31 March
Two thoughts from Nicolás Gómez Dávila
“Dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies.”
“Every book we read must leave us richer or poorer, sadder or happier, safer or more uncertain, but never intact.”
Wednesday, 1 April
Two thoughts from Gaston Bachelard
“It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.”
“Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?”
Thursday, 2 April
Two thoughts from Robert Musil
“The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one’s pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong.”
“One does what one is; one becomes what one does.”
Friday, 3 April
Two thoughts from Elias Canetti
“No faith that is not surrounded by doubt can survive.”
“The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.”
Saturday, 4 April
Two thoughts from Witold Gombrowicz
“Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man’s soul, be it even the soul of an idiot.”
“Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.”
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Dear Jim,
Great quotes this week! Some of my faves:
James Michener:
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
Gaston Bachelard:
“It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.”
Robert Musil:
“The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one’s pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong.”
“One does what one is; one becomes what one does.”
Elias Canetti:
“No faith that is not surrounded by doubt can survive.”
Witold Gombrowicz:
“Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.”
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq