Sunday, December 14, 2008

Some Thoughts


Almost every effort of the human mind is directed, not toward lightening the work of the laborer, but toward making more pleasant the idleness of the leisured. (Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom, 9 June)

Doesn't it often seem as though those who most clearly understand the dangers that face us are the ones who ... [yield the least power to affect change.] (Mr. Dickie after The Promise of a New Day, 6 August)

... a stupid person pretends that he is bored with life and that he can find something more interesting. (Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom, 31 May)

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