"The crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die."

-- Soren Kierkegaard

#Ideas Quotes #Existentialism Quotes #Willing Quotes

“When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have no reason to hide their knees and thighs. However, the mini-skirt is disastrous for the wool-trade.”
“Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?”
“If you don't underestimate me, I won't underestimate you.”

Source : Song: Dear Landlord, Album: John Wesley Harding, 1967
“When you won that title you should know now that you are representing a whole country or nation with your actions and you are now in a glass house or under a microscope and you better be ready to make your people proud.”
“Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.”
“Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies that we have a low opinion of our present attainments, and think it necessary to be advanced.”
“Yes, I can talk and think at the same time. Most people can, though I suppose you wouldn't know that from personal experience. Elena (Bitten)”

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