“Man is the animal who weeps and laughs - and writes. If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back - in a book.” IfsMenWritingFirstsBookLastsHeavenAnimalLaughingFireStalkingPrometheus Book:Enjoyment of Literature Source: Enjoyment of Literature
“Not the wretchedest man or woman but has a deep secretive mythology with which to wrestle with the material world and to overcome it and pass beyond it. Not the wretchedest human being but has his share in the creative energy that builds the world. We are all creators. We all create a mythological world of our own out of certain shapeless materials.” MenWorldHumansCertainEnergyHuman BeingsCreativeShareMaterialsOvercomingCreatorMythologyMaterial WorldSecretiveCreative Energy Author:John Cowper Powys
“What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The value of a man cannot be judged by the number of diseases from which he escapes. The value of a man is in his human qualities: in his character, in his conscience, in the nobility and magnanimity, of his soul. Torturing animals to prolong human life has separated science from the most important thing that life has produced - the human conscience.” MenYearsHumansImportantSoulCharacterLife IsValuesAnimalNumbersQualityAliveDiseaseConscienceImportanceImportant ThingsHuman LifeJudgedContinuingNobilityMagnanimityHuman QualitiesMenagerie Author:John Cowper Powys
