"The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass available."

-- Theodor Adorno

#Eye Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Splinters Quotes

“You will tell me what you know now," he said. "Or?" He said nothing, so I elaborated. "See, this kind of threat usually has an 'or' attached to it. Or an 'and'. 'Tell me and I'll allow you to live' or something like that.”
“One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.”
“One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.”

Source : S. N. Goenka (2012). “Discourse Summaries”, Pariyatti Publishing
“I want to confess as best I can, but my heart is void. The void is a mirror. I see my face and feel loathing and horror. My indifference to man has shut me out. I live now in a world of ghosts, a prisoner in my dreams.”

Source : "Fictional character: Antonius Block". "The Seventh Seal", 1957.
“I've had the same core group of friends that I've always had. We're surfing, so that definitely keeps you grounded.”
“Today's children will become tomorrow's civilization.”
“Where there is no style, there is in effect no point of view. There is, essentially, no anger, no conviction, no self. Style is opinion, hung washing, the caliber of a bullet, teething beads.”
“My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.”

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