Two Thoughts (7 - 13 April)
Sunday, 7 April
Two thoughts from Andrei Tarkovsky
"Where am I when I'm not in reality or in my imagination?"
"A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books."
Monday, 8 April
Two thoughts from Bernard Stiegler
“To lose the feeling that life is worth living may drive one to furious madness.”
"Our epoch does not love itself."
Tuesday, 9 April
Two thoughts from John McPhee
“In six thousand years, you could never grow wings on a reptile. With sixty million, however, you could have feathers, too.”
"Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life."
Wednesday, 10 April
Two thoughts from André Gide
“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
“Please do not understand me too quickly.”
Thursday, 11 April
Two thoughts from Alexander Pushkin
“Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.”
“Dearer to me than a host of base truths is the illusion that exalts.”
Friday, 12 April
Two thoughts from Mikhail Lermontov
"We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment."
“The story of a man's soul, however trivial, can be more interesting and instructive than the story of a whole nation”
Saturday, 13 April
Two thoughts from Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Silence is the best response to a fool.”
“The devil’s most devilish when respectable.”
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dear jim,
thank you for these as always!
my favorite quotes from today:
John McPhee:
"Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life."
André Gide:
“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
“Please do not understand me too quickly.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
“Silence is the best response to a fool.”
thanks again for sharing!
much love
myq
This!
“Silence is the best response to a fool.”