“Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.” WorldOpportunityDestructionEmploymentCivilizedDelightfulConstructive Book:Mrs. Miniver Source: Mrs. Miniver
“However long the horror continued, one must not get to the stage of refusing to think about it. To shrink from direct pain was bad enough, but to shrink from vicarious pain was the ultimate cowardice. And whereas to conceal direct pain was a virtue, to conceal vicarious pain was a sin. Only by feeling it to the utmost, and by expressing it, could the rest of the world help to heal the injury which had caused it. Money, food, clothing, shelter - people could give all these and still it would not be enough; it would not absolve them from paying also, in full, the imponderable tribute of grief.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingLongStillsEnoughHelpingFeelingsPainSinGriefVirtueStageHorrorEmpathyDirectUltimateHealInjuryClothingsCowardiceShelterShrinksTributeVicarious Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“When there is a world scarcity of any commodity, whether it's food or free speech, then the whole world must go on rations in order that eventually the whole world may have it again in plenty.” WorldMayWholeOrderGoes OnSpeechResourcesWhole WorldPlentyFree SpeechCommodityScarcityRations Author:Jan Struther
“Physical weather certainly is beyond our control. ... But human weather - the psychological climate of the world - is not beyond our control. The human race is its own rain and its own sun. It creates its own cyclones and anti-cyclones. The ridges of high pressure which we sometimes enjoy, the troughs of low pressure which we so often endure, are of our own making and nobody else's.” WorldHumansSometimesEnjoyRaceSunLowsRainPressureClimateEndureWeatherPsychologicalHuman RaceRidgesTroughCyclones Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“librarianship is one of the few callings in the world for which is it still possible to feel unqualified admiration and respect.” WorldFeelsStillsCallingAdmirationUnqualifiedAdmiration And Respect Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“To be put down in this world, and given only eighty years to get to know it in, is like being let loose in the United States of America for the first time with a high-powered car and unlimited gasoline - but with a visa that is valid for only a week. It's agonizing, that's what it is.” KnowsWorldLifeYearsFirstsStatesAmericaTimeGivenUnitedUnited StatesWeekCarThis WorldFirst TimeUnited States Of AmericaUnlimitedEightyGasolineVisaLife TimeAgonizing Book:A Pocket Full of Pebbles Source: A Pocket Full of Pebbles
“Private opinion creates public opinion. Public opinion overflows eventually into national behavior as things are arranged at present, can make or mar the world. That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important.” WorldImportantOpinionConversationBehaviorPrivacyMarsPublic OpinionOverflow Author:Jan Struther
