“The most unbending thoughts are the most vulnerable to change.”
Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) Jesuit theologian and cardinal
Source: Paradoxes of Faith (1987), Ch. IX. "Truth", p. 105
Source: Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731), Ch. 5, sct. 3
“The most unbending thoughts are the most vulnerable to change.”
Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) Jesuit theologian and cardinal
Source: Paradoxes of Faith (1987), Ch. IX. "Truth", p. 105
“The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.”
James Clavell (1921–1994) American novelist
François Delambre (Vincent Price) to André's son, Philippe.
The Fly (1958)
“Love--the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.”
Jorge Amado (1912–2001) Brazilian writer
Source: Gabriela, Clavo y Canela
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713) English politician and Earl
Vol. 1, p. 8; "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)
“The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
“Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.”
David Chalmers book The Conscious Mind
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (1996)
David Myatt (1950) British writer
Source: Myatt, David. Myngath - Some Recollections of the Wyrdful Life of David Myatt, CreateSpace, 2013, ISBN 978-1484110744
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Also misattributed to John Steinbeck.
Source: The Works of John Ruskin: The stones of Venice, v. 1-3
Burkard Schliessmann classical pianist
This means ‘Artistic Integrity’ to me.
Talkings about Chopin and Schumann