Famous quotes containing the words sources, beliefs, world and/or view:
“The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasnt got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty.”
—Walter Lippmann (18891974)
“But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always mastersomething that at times strangely wills and works for itself.... If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.”
—Charlotte Brontë (18161855)
“One might feel that, at my age, I should look on life with more gravity. After all, Ive been privileged to listen, firsthand, to some of the most profound thinkers of my day ... who were all beset by gloom over the condition the world had gotten into. Then why cant I view it with anything but amusement?”
—Anita Loos (18941981)