Mistrz Quotes & Sayings

so that this world that we imagine in this room might be used to gain access to other rooms, to other worlds previously unimaginable. — Lana Wachowski

A consecrated space experientially reminds you that there is much more to life than you think. — Jaggi Vasudev

There is a great deal of illusion in a work of art; one could go farther and say that it is illusory in and of itself, as a "work." Its ambition is to make others believe that it was not made but rather simply arose, burst forth from Jupiter's head like Pallas Athena fully adorned in enchased armor. But that is only a pretense. No work has ever come into being that way. It is indeed work, artistic labor for the purpose of illusion-and now the question arises whether, given the current state of our consciousness, our comprehension, and our sense of truth, the game is still permissible, still intellectually possible, can still be taken seriously; whether the work as such, as a self-sufficient and harmonically self-contained structure, still stands in a legitimate relation to our problematical social condition, with its total insecurity and lack of harmony; whether all illusion, even the most beautiful, and especially the most beautiful, has not become a lie today. — Thomas Mann

To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, "Prithee," said Cleomenes, "give me cocks that will kill fighting. — Plutarch

As a publisher, you should decide what content is free and what you'd pay for. You have to get the packaging right, but people will pay for content. — Mike McCue

On that first day when we look back, either happily or with remorse, to the stony ways over which we have traveled, losing concern for that part of the journey which is yet to come, we have grown old. — Myrtle Reed

For years, I took notes.
I pored over her work incessantly.
I quoted or mentioned Charlotte in several of my novels.
I tried to write this book so many times.
But how?
Should I be present?
Should I fictionalize her story?
What form should my obsession take?
I began, I tried, then I gave up.
I couldn't manage to string two sentences together.
At every point, I felt blocked.
Impossible to go on.
It was a physical sensation, an oppression.
I felt the need to move to the next line in order to breathe.

So, I realized that I had to write it like this. — David Foenkinos

For all I know, each and every one of us has a little crazy inside. It's just a matter of making sure nobody lets it out. — J.S. Bailey

Most friendly fire incidents aren't investigated properly because of neglect or a natural inclination to cover up the embarrassing fact that they killed one of their own. — Jon Krakauer

Every time I think I couldn't love you a bit more, you stretch my heart again. — Debra Anastasia

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. — Charles Caleb Colton