#arts

I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#wells #imagination

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#arts #aspect #closer #easy #easy way

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#as far as #being #far #general #great

Yet human intelligence has another force, too: the sense of urgency that gives human smarts their drive. Perhaps our intelligence is not just ended by our mortality; to a great degree, it is our mortality. ↗

— Adam Gopnik

#humans #ingenuity #intelligence #mortality #smarts

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#feeling #intelligence #smarts #intelligence

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#always #breath #character #character actors #come

Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#against #everyday #knows #man #over

Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away. ↗

— Graham Greene

#life #love #value #life

It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting. ↗

— Steven King

#life

Not everything in life is black and white. Sometimes the best parts are gray. Just remember that not everything can fit into one your neat little boxes. ↗

— Alyssa Rose Ivy

#life #sometimes #life