“The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.” WorldNeedsReasonStoriesFeelingsHandsSoundKnownMessagesUltimateProsperityLimitationRememberedReason WhyContentmentDictatorSnaps Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands.” FeelsMadeIdeasReasonFeelingsHandsDoubtFailingPoetShapesSkinsImpressionReason WhyNo DoubtTextureMatthew Book:Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age Source: Ser. Milton and the Augustan Age
“I like to see people put themselves into films, which is part of the reason why I love Woody Allen films so much - I believe his actors' work. I have a feeling that many actors in his films are similar to their characters, and I like that.” PeopleBelieveReasonCharacterFeelingsFilmActorsI BelieveReason WhyWoodyWoody Allen Film Author:Dito Montiel
“I certainly do not lament the decadence of knight errantry, nor wish to exchange the protection of the laws for that of the doughtiest champion who ever set lance in rest; but I do, in truth, believe that this knightly sensitiveness of honorable feeling is the best antidote to the petty soul-degrading transactions of every-day life, and that the total want of it is one reason why this free-born race care so very little for the vulgar virtue called probity.” WantBelieveLittlesSoulReasonFeelingsCareLawWishBornRaceVirtueTruth IsProtectionReason WhyChampionHonorableVulgarPettyKnightsAntidoteTransactionsDecadenceLamentDegradingRace CarDay LifeProbity Author:Frances Trollope