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“To me this question whether liberty is a good or a bad thing appears as irrational as the question whether fire is a good or a bad thing. It is both good and bad according to time, place, and circumstance, and a complete answer to the question, In what cases is liberty good and in what cases is it bad? would involve not merely a universal history of mankind, but a complete solution of the problems which such a history would offer.”
Source : "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". Book by James Fitzjames Stephen, Ch.2, 1873-1874.
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“What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.”
Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
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“When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.”
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“The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.”
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“I had a lot of growing and a lot of denying of self to do. I am not easily won over, but when I am, I am completely won over.”
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“Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.”
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“The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.”
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“Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there anymore, and therefore joy is not necessary; beauty alone reigns there, beyond all demands.”
Source : "World Light" by Halldór Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson, published by Vintage Books, (Book Four: The Beauty of the Heavens), 2002.
