Self-control and resistance to distractions. Optimism in adversity—especially illness. Book I
“Hierarchies serve an important function. They enable complete strangers to know how to treat one another without wasting the time and energy needed to become personally acquainted.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist. The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Beauty is only two finger’s-breadth from goodness. The Common Reader
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