Osman

“Few minds are spacious; few even have an empty place in them or can offer some vacant point. Almost all have narrow capacities and are filled by some knowledge that blocks them up. What a torture to talk to filled heads, that allow nothing from the outside to enter them! A good mind, in order to enjoy itself and allow itself to enjoy others, always keeps itself larger than its own thoughts. And in order to do this, these thoughts must be given a pliant form, must be easily folded and unfolded, so that they are capable, finally, of maintaining a natural flexibility.

All those short-sighted minds see clearly within their little ideas and see nothing in those of others; they are like those bad eyes that see from close range what is obscure and cannot perceive what is clear from afar. Night minds, minds of darkness.”
― Joseph Joubert, The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert: A Selection

“His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with themselves. At such intersections we always encounter what we have already seen.”
― Raymond Queneau

“Ben yüreğimi örs yaptım, hem de körük oldu bağrım,
bende yaktığın alevden iç çekişleri yarattım.”
― Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Complete Poems of Michelangelo

“Quand les cimes de notre ciel se rejoindront Ma maison aura un toit.

(When the peaks of our sky come together My house will have a roof.)”
― Paul Éluard