"Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos."

-- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#Agility Quotes #Irony Quotes #Chaos Quotes

“A FEATHER. A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive.”
“There's always been something illicit about the way I work. I'm photographing people I don't know, when nobody else is home - there's a necessary degree of secrecy.”
“I condemn the lack of proper investigation of the massacres and the impunity of those responsible for them.”
“Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.”
“If you don't follow your dream, who will?”
“When you are waiting for a train, don't keep perpetually looking to see if it is coming. The time of its arrival is the business of the conductor, not yours. It will not come any sooner for all your nervous glances and your impatient pacing, and you will save strength if you will keep quiet. After we discover that the people who sit still on a long railroad journey reach that journey's end at precisely the same time as those who "fuss" continually, we have a valuable piece of information which we should not fail to put to practical use.”
“Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than smiling can for praying.”
“Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.”

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