"Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions."

-- A. J. P. Taylor

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Bismarck Quotes

“The more you own, the more it owns you.”
“Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.”

Source : 'Essay on Translated Verse' (1684) l. 113
“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable”

Source : Henry Miller (1962). “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird”, p.49, New Directions Publishing
“I find that the best way into things is to open my heart up to it and allow it to be as truthful and honest as I can be, and I can make it. It's hard to do that; it's hard to open yourself up to something.”
“I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even 'pass the salt' - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I'm saying that. Maybe that's what gives the impression that I'm saying one thing and thinking something else.”
“Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.”

Source : James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”
“Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.”
“On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.”

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