Thursday, August 05, 2004
August 5, 2004
“The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.”
- Elias Canetti (1905 – 1994), Austrian novelist and philosopher: “The Secret Heart of The Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragements 1973 – 1985”, 1991.
“Power? It’s like a dead sea fruit. When you achieve it, there’s nothing there.”
- Harold Macmillan (1894 – 1986), British Conservative politician and prime minister: quoted in Anthony Sampson’s “The New Anatomy of Britain”, 1971.
“The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”
- Graham Green (1904 – 1991), British novelist: Scobie in “The Heart of the Matter”, 1948.
“The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.”
- Elias Canetti (1905 – 1994), Austrian novelist and philosopher: “The Secret Heart of The Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragements 1973 – 1985”, 1991.
“Power? It’s like a dead sea fruit. When you achieve it, there’s nothing there.”
- Harold Macmillan (1894 – 1986), British Conservative politician and prime minister: quoted in Anthony Sampson’s “The New Anatomy of Britain”, 1971.
“The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”
- Graham Green (1904 – 1991), British novelist: Scobie in “The Heart of the Matter”, 1948.
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