Elton Mayo (1880–1949) Australian academic
Elton Mayo, cited in: Edward William Bok (1947), Ladies' Home Journal.Vol. 64, p. 246
Elton Mayo (1880–1949) Australian academic
Elton Mayo, cited in: Edward William Bok (1947), Ladies' Home Journal.Vol. 64, p. 246
“One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) British writer, lecturer and philosopher
Source: The Meaning of Culture (1929), p. 175
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
"Three Methods Of Reform" in Pamphlets : Translated from the Russian (1900) as translated by Aylmer Maude, p. 29
As quoted in The Artist's Way at Work : Riding the Dragon (1999) by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160
Variant: Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
“To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.”
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) American writer
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Sparrowhawk)
Freya Stark (1893–1993) British explorer and writer
Cited in Molly Izzard, A Marvellous Eye, Cornucopia Issue 2. From Wikipedia: Freya Stark. Retrieved 2009-08-25
“Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.”
Siri Hustvedt book The Summer Without Men
Source: The Summer Without Men