Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
“Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“…Ơi những người thiên lý tương tư! Nếu bất ngờ những dòng sau đây có lạc vào tay bạn, mà thấy nói được lên một mối cảm hoài của bạn vẫn chất chứa ở bên lòng, thế là kẻ viết bài này lấy làm mãn nguyện lắm rồi. Đời mà có một người vui cái vui của mình, buồn cái buồn của mình, chẳng là đủ rồi sao, có tâm sự trong lòng, lặng nhìn nhau không nói mà cũng cảm biết, thế chẳng là đủ rồi sao?”
― Thương Nhớ Mười Hai
― Thương Nhớ Mười Hai
“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
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