Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
WILLIAM FAULKNER
The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
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Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.
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Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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