Those art lovers who pride themselves mostly on *taste* usually possess no other talent.
That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.
Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls
I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have no present, and when you have a present, you forget to even think about the future.
When we realize that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or harm, it’s easy to stay silent.
Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling lies. Your appearance in the doorway!. . . You have been my body's health. Whenever I have read a book, it was you I was reading, not the book, you were the book. You were, you were.
At least we should learn to understand our fellow beings, for we are powerless to stop their misery, their ignominy, their suffering, their weakness, and their death.
In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A sense of time on our hands, a sense of nothing to do. A sense that we are not amused.
In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.
What if getting bigger isn't the point? What if you merely got better?
A theory accepted by 99 percent of scientists may be wrong.