“We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.” MeanSelfHateSelf LoveLosingContraryPursueSelfishnessMixturesReally MeanLoving OthersSelf HateLosing Ourselves Author:Paul Valery
“What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.” PeopleMeanCultureSexAppealsMixturesLovableHaving SexSex AppealArt Of LovingBeing Popular Book:The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition Source: The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition
“It is regrettable that a Dostoyevsky did not live near this most interesting of all decadents (Jesus Christ) - I mean someone who would have known how to sense the very stirring charm of such a mixture of the sublime, the sickly, and the childlike.” MeanJesusChristInterestingKnownJesus ChristCharmSublimeMixturesMost InterestingStirringChildlikeDostoyevsky Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The normal present connects the past and the future through limitation. Contiguity results, crystallization by means of solidification. There also exists, however, a spiritual present that identifies past and future through dissolution, and this mixture is the element, the atmosphere of the poet.” MeanPastSpiritualResultsPoetElementsNormalLimitationAtmosphereMixturesDissolution Author:Novalis