Sunday, June 26, 2005
“The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.”
- Aharon Appelfeld (b. 1932), Israeli novelist: in the “International Herald Tribune” (Paris), August 19, 1989.
“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 – 1961), Swedish statesman and secretary-general of U.N.: note written 1950, published in “Markings”, 1963.
“To dies is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.”
- Erich Fromm (1900 – 1980), American psychologist: “Man for Himself”, 1947.
- Aharon Appelfeld (b. 1932), Israeli novelist: in the “International Herald Tribune” (Paris), August 19, 1989.
“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 – 1961), Swedish statesman and secretary-general of U.N.: note written 1950, published in “Markings”, 1963.
“To dies is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.”
- Erich Fromm (1900 – 1980), American psychologist: “Man for Himself”, 1947.
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