The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement. Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
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.
No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.
Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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.
A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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.
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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.
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don't think the talent makes much difference, whether you've got it or not.
The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
Civilization begins with distillation
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid.
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