"Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."

-- William Faulkner

#Men Quotes #Victory Quotes #Despair Quotes

“He regarded himself as an accomplished writer â€” a clear sign of madness in anyone.”
“Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes.”
“My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.”
“I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.”
“We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.”
“The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.”
“When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.”

Source : Clarence Day (1928). “Thoughts without words”
“There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to want to do this.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.

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