You think, you become that thought. And consciousness, or the state of pure awareness, is lost.
. . . dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.
. . . life is short and the world is wide
Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.
Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.
Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.
Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.
With eyes Of conjugal attraction unreprov'd. Imparadised in one another's arms. With thee conversing I forget all time. And feel that I am happier than I know.
The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible.
Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.
If there was a blog with five listeners or viewers, I had to be on it. Now I have to be on fewer media, but more substantive media.