"Memoirs give the knowledge about the author and his environment. They are different from biography. Memoirs do not get ahead, and the man who writes a biography looks at his future like at a very simple thing."

-- Arthur Golden

#Writing Quotes #Simple Quotes #Men Quotes

“I do the cooking at home. Where we eat no more than 100 grams of meat a day and have 'tons' of fresh vegetables. I prepare the vegetables with a wide range of herbs, spices and such. We also keep on hand lots of fruit, yogurt and great breads.”
“There isn't a thought in my head I care to be alone with for more than five minutes.”
“Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.”

Source : Idries Shah (1997). “The Commanding Self”, p.39, Octagon Press Ltd
“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”
“I let my drinking do the talking.”
“There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.”
“Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.”
“In the luxuriance of a bowl of grapes set out in ritual display, in a bottle of wine, the soil and sunshine of California reached millions for whom that distant place would henceforth be envisioned as a sun-graced land resplendent with the goodness of the fruitful earth.”

Source : Kevin Starr (1986). “Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era”, p.134, Oxford University Press

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