“In matters of great concern, and which must be done, there is no surer argument of a weak mind than irresolution; to be undetermined where the case is so plain, and the necessity so urgent. To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating, and drinking, and sleeping, from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.” IfsMenShouldMindMatterDoneNightSleepCasesOne DayEatingConcernArgumentWeakDrinkingDestroyedNew LifeUrgentDay And NightEating And DrinkingWeak Minds Book:Twenty Discourses on the Most Important Subjects: Calculated for Every Class of Readers Source: Twenty Discourses on the Most Important Subjects: Calculated for Every Class of Readers
“Life cannot be destroyed for good, neithercan history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy lid of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it. It may be a long process, but one day it must happen: the lid will no longer hold and will start to crack. This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and uniquesomething truly historical, in the sense that history again demands to be heard.” MayLongMomentsHappensProcessSecretHeardEventsOne DayDemandHistoricalHeavyDestroyedCracksHaltInertiaPseudo Author:Vaclav Havel
“I also learned to play Fruit Ninja on an iPad. It is quite hypnotic, and I hope one day to get past 100 points. I remembered that David Cameron admits to being an addict. I wonder if it helps him in his work. 'Great, just destroyed a pineapple! Reminds me, shall we send those grenades to the Syrian rebels?'” IfsPlayHelpingPastWonderOne DayFruitDestroyedRememberedRebelAddictIpadsCameronNinjaGrenadeHypnoticPineapples Author:Simon Hoggart