"Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends."

-- Baltasar Gracian

#Giving Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Gains Quotes

“I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of animals. The patterning is the same, but the proportions of the body change from one animal to the next. A lot of it is just geometry and consciousness.”
“A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.”

Source : Discovery (published 1964).
“The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.”
“Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays.”
“We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.”
“Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God's goodness.”
“And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.”

Source : Alan Furst (2010). “Spies of the Balkans: A Novel”, p.4, Random House
“One important thing I take away daily is that for all the talk about what youth are not doing - especially young people of color - I know there are many who do care about their future, who are striving to affect their world in a positive way.”

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