Quotes
Authors
Leo Strauss

"According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be resigned to utter ignorance in the most important respect: we cannot have any knowledge regarding the ultimate principles of our choices, i.e. regarding their soundness or unsoundness... We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober when engaged in trivial business and who gamble like madmen when confronted with serious issues."

Source : "Natural Right and History". Book by Leo Strauss, 1953.

Leo Strauss

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“There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.”
“Seth can get irritated/frustrated with Jane and me. This exerpt is from the private session of November 11, 1979: "... the same kind of reaction, however, are involved in all activities, and it is sometimes frustrating for me that you cannot perceive the fascinating facets of any event. You still - and I do not simply mean you two alone - do not feel the unsurpassable force that thoughts have. You do not understand that they do form events, that to change events you must first change thoughts. You get what you concentrate on."”
“America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.”
“There is no way; we make the road by walking it.”
“I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.”
“All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love.”
“For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic of discussion. Often it begins with a character. And often, I have NO idea what sparked the idea. It's just there.”

Source : "Sandra Brown, author of 'Deadline'". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. October 27, 2013.
“I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.”

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