"We are so much more undiscovered than we are discovered."

-- Kobi Yamada

“The [chief] characteristic of Hitler's leadership [was] his over-estimation of the power of the will. [To win the war] this will had only to be translated into faith down to the youngest private soldier.”
“One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a request that is worthy. It is for this reason that the "no" of some people pleases more than the "yes" of others. A refusal accompanied by sweet words and a civil manner gives more satisfaction to a true heart than a favor given with bad grace.”
“Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing what way works. That's what comedy is: you have a topic and you try to just hit it as many different ways as you can.”

Source : Interview with Jane Marie, believermag.com. January 1, 2015.
“Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.”
“Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind-- More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.”
“When we got to our hotel rooms, mosquitoes as big as George Foreman were waiting for us. They were sitting in armchairs with their legs crossed.”
“Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.”

Source : Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub
“[W]e live in a century in which everything has been said. The challenge today is to learn which statements to deny.”

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