“There is scarcely any passion without struggle.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.”
― Theory of Fiction: Henry James
― Theory of Fiction: Henry James
“I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul.”
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“The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.”
― Recapture the Wonder
― Recapture the Wonder
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