“The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation. … The way of wisdom is to treat it airily, lightly, wantonly, and in a spirit of poetry; and above all to use its symbols, which are its spiritual essence, giving them a new connotation, a fresh meaning.” WayGivingUsePastSpiritualSpiritTurnsMistakeEssenceTreatsAngrySymbolsOur PastNegationConnotationWholesale Author:John Cowper Powys
“It is that cricket field that, in all the sharp and bitter moments of life as they come to me now, gives me a sense of wholesome proportion: 'At least I am not playing cricket!” GivingMomentsFieldsGive MeBitterProportionCricketMoments Of LifePlaying Cricket Author:John Cowper Powys
“The more money you give to people the better; and the less advice.” PeopleGivingMoneyAdviceMore Money Author:John Cowper Powys
