Ciega Translation Quotes & Sayings

They certified that I was sane; but I know that I am mad. This confession gives us the key to what is most important and significant in Tolstoy's hidden life. — Lev Shestov

As more and more norms disappear from social praxis, literature faces ever-growing difficulties. Its predicament is beginning to resemble that of a child who has discovered that his incredibly understanding parents will let him break with impunity all his toys, indeed everything in the house. The artist cannot create specific prohibitions for himself in order to attack them later in his work; the prohibitions must be real, and hence independent of the writer's choices. And since the relativization of cultural norms has not so far been able to disturb the given characteristics of human biology, that is where writers today seek the still perceptible points of resistance
which is why literature is preoccupied with the theme of sex. — Stanislaw Lem

The only way we can survive is to work together. Each of us must play our part. The minute we stand alone, we fall alone. — Jo Cotterill

Fire cannot be put out with more fire. — Satish Kumar

I hastened, ... , back to London, ... ; for here you have the advantage of solitude without its disadvantage, since you may be alone and in company at the same time; and while you walk or sit unobserved, noise, hurry, and a constant succession of objects entertain the mind, — Henry Fielding

The Subconscious mind can not tell the difference between what's real and what's imagined. — Bob Proctor

Hopefully people will be inspired to cook. It's my mission to persuade people not to be afraid of cooking. — Delia Smith