“Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.” KindArtEventsObjectsEssentialsJournalismDramaticExaggeration Book:The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer Source: The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer
“The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.” MenHandsRealityLosesWiseEventsDangerBecomingEssentialsSightDepthDetailsSignificantAcquireDependentWisestMultiplicityFactual Book:Ethics Source: Ethics
“As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we`re at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America`s essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.” WorldWaySometimesSeemsTodayAmericaStrongWatchesMilitaryEventsDependsShapesEssentialsMercyWorld TodayStrong America Author:Mitt Romney
“Go back to the breathing and try to be in that moment deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind of event and the essential is to keep the peace in yourself.” TryingKindMomentsEventsPossibilityEssentialsHandleBreathingThat Moment Author:Nhat Hanh
“I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either for himself or for others; there is in love a sense of weakness, a desire to protect, an eagerness to do good and to give pleasure--if not unselfishness, at all events a selfishness which marvellously conceals itself; it has in it a certain diffidence.” IfsGivingBelieveDesireCertainPleasureEmotionEventsProtectEssentialsCapableWeaknessSelfishnessTendernessEagernessUnselfishnessDiffidence Book:The Moon and Sixpence Source: The Moon and Sixpence
“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.” KnowsTwoTeachHistoryImpossibleConditionsEventsEssentialsSpringIdentical Author:Marc Bloch