"A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all."

--

Source : F. L. Lucas (2012). “Style: The Art of Writing Well”, p.322, Harriman House Limited

F. L. Lucas

#Men Quotes #May Quotes #Tomorrow Quotes

“You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted!”
“The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the pursuit of pleasure with a consequent general softening of the fibers of will, intelligence, spirit.”

Source : Whittaker Chambers (1989). “Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism of Whittaker Chambers, 1931-1959”, Gateway Books
“You're 40 and he's 22. Do you have to marry him? Couldn't you just adopt him?”
“Ain't it hard when you discover that, he wasn't really where it's at, after he took from you everything he could steal. How does it feel?”
“If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.”
“Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.”
“The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.”
“Moreover, if one selects a problem, works on it in isolation for a few years and finally solves it, there is a danger, unless the problem is very famous, that it will no longer be regarded as all that significant.”

You may also like: