"When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly."

--

Source : Ernest Bramah (1963). “The Celestial Omnibus”

Ernest Bramah

#Doors Quotes #Profound Quotes #Sage Quotes

“I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money,”
“You look good to me, you damnable little devil, good to embrace and good to love.”
“Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.”
“I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.”
“Out of my peripheral vision, I see Four shove the door open and walk out. Apparently this fight isn't interesting enough for him. Or maybe he's going to figure out why everything's spinning like a top, and I don't blame him; I want to know the answer too.”
“Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong”
“My upbringing has been pushing and pulling my work my whole life. At first it pushed me away, as I sought to clean up my mind with a style that was slick and glossy, aspirational and wrapped in fantasy. That's still largely how I approach my fashion work. More recently it's pulled me back, particularly since Katrina, and as I get older and lose some of that shame that's inherited with poverty.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You are your own Promised Land, your own new frontier.”

You may also like: