"The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention."

-- Franz Schubert

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Fool Quotes

“I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.”
“The frozen ocean... of Boston life.”
“What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?”
“Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.”

Source : Robert Byron (2016). “The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotaded”, p.6, MarcoPolo
“Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.”

Source : T. S. Eliot (1986). “The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism: Studies in the Relation of Criticism to Poetry in England”, p.149, Harvard University Press
“In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's green. Stand under it, during a rainstorm, you'll still get wet - that's why it's art.”

Source : Peter Hedges (1999). “What's Eating Gilbert Grape”, p.158, Simon and Schuster
“'Sacrifice' seems like such a strong word to me because I wouldn't say I've sacrificed anything. If I didn't enjoy what I do, I wouldn't do it. I might have missed out on a few things when I was younger and growing up.”
“I was against felonies when a misdemeanor would do.”

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