"In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Book Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Voice Quotes

“When do you feel most authentic? Authenticity feels so natural, so why isn't it easy?”
“My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.”

Source : David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.118, Broadway Books
“If you are really working on something intensely, your social skills fall away and you are not fit to be brought out into public.”

Source : Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com
“Donâ€™t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isnâ€™t the mirror hostile enough?”
“It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.”
“Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.”
“I like horses. My grandfather had a horse named Whiskey and I got to ride it all the time. They are terrifying and beautiful. If there's a beast taking you to heaven or hell it probably looks something like a horse.”
“I think happy and hope is more hopeful when you acknowledge that there's awful things too.”

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