Quotes to Stay Determined · Page 135
Fierce words to fuel your drive and remind you nothing can stop you.
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“One can do anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided with a passionate and gifted teacher.”
“I take account of my life and find that I have lived a lot and learned very little.”
“A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.”
“Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.”
“Teaching remains a heroic act to me, and teachers live a necessary and all-important life.”
“Solitude is as precious as coin silver and it takes labor to attain it.”
“To have attracted readers is the most magical part of my writing life.”
“The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.”
“We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice.”
“We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.”
“I never yet touched a fig leaf that didn't turn into a price tag.”
“For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics.”
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”
“I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing.”
“In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul.”
“Apparently the rise of consciousness is linked to certain kinds of privation.”
“In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened.”