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“To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.”
Human, All Too Human • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.”
Never Give In! • Winston S Churchill“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.”
Seneca's Morals • Lucius Annaeus Seneca“Every living creature is happy when he fulfills his destiny, that is, when he realizes himself, when he is being that which in truth he is. For this reason, Schlegel, inverting the relationship between pleasure and destiny, said, “We have a genius for what we like.” Genius, man’s superlative gift for doing something, always carries a look of supreme pleasure.”
History as a System • Jose Ortega y Gasset““How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how difficult in real life!””
The Duel • Anton Chekhov