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“The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be considered as the commonplace of everyday thinking. … An innate blindness seems to have closed the eyes of this epoch to all but those facts which show life as a phenomenon of utility”
History as a System • Jose Ortega y Gasset“I shall begin my story with an experience I had when I was ten and attended our small town's Latin school.”
Demian • Hermann Hesse“ "He who will not economize will have to agonize."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“Inevitably, in the secret chemistry of the emotions the feeling of pity for a sick person is imperceptibly bound up with tenderness.”
Beware of Pity • Stefan Zweig“In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.”
War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy
