Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.
Do you know what it is to be a man violently in love? To live for a woman's smiles and laughter, to hunger for her touch until life itself seems impossible without it, to desire her as you desire to breathe?
I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.
It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
Whoever desires this world must seek its knowledge, and whoever desires the next must seek its knowledge.
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.
Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.
It (taking photographs) is all about longingwithout longing-no pictures at all.
If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.
I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.

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