A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. Human, All Too Human
“You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction. Random wandering will not move you forward. It will instead disappoint and frustrate you and make you anxious and unhappy and hard to get along with (and then resentful, and then vengeful, and then worse).” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all. Diary
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility! Either/Or
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