The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.
ALAIN DE BOTTONIt hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.
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I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.
BARRY WEBSTER -
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me.
VINCENT VAN GOGH -
I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.
BILL ACKMAN -
Understanding that which is foreign to you is fundamental to cultivating a sense of connection and unity with one another.
ADRIAN GRENIER -
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
BERTRAND RUSSELL -
Mais enfin, bande de critiques, les livres que vous ne comprenez pas ne vaudraient-ils pas au moins que vous les signaliez? For heaven’s sake, gang of critics, don’t the books which you do not understand at least deserve recognition?
BORIS VIAN -
It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
WATCHMAN NEE -
There are those… who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot.
AGA KHAN IV -
One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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His power has never abated. His Word has never changed.
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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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