"Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man."

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Source : Leonard Woolf (1939). “Barbarians Within and Without”

Leonard Woolf

#Men Quotes #Effort Quotes #Barbarians Quotes

“I donâ€™t have a problem baring my emotions in music. Thatâ€™s one of the reasons Iâ€™m glad to have music in my life. Iâ€™m pretty resilient as far as being a human being. A lot of songs write themselves.”
“Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.”
“Genius is full of trash.”
“If Zen is approached with the usual mental attitude, it will seem quite incomprehensible. Our average Western intellectuality would consider its paradoxical language simply as a play upon words. Its full significance is revealed only when we approach it in a different manner, making our minds available to the new processes of inner perception which it suggests.”

Source : Robert Linssen (1958). “Living Zen”
“To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.”
“Everything Iâ€™ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”
“Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach.”
“Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.”

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