"There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion."

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Source : William Ernest Henley (1906). “Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation: Literature”

William Ernest Henley

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Colors are forces, radiant energies that affect us positively or negatively, whether we are aware of it or not.”

Source : Johannes Itten, Faber Birren (1970). “The Elements of Color”, p.12, John Wiley & Sons
“When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.”
“Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.”
“Keep Hope alive, particularly if Hope is the name of a very cute puppy and not some ill-defined abstraction that is in fact code for big government.”
“Make a habit of dominating the listening, and let the prospect dominate the talking.”
“What a hell of a league this is. Ah hit .387, .408, and .395 the last three years and Ah ain't won nothin' yet!”
“Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.”
“There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it.”

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