Source: The God of the Labyrinth (1970), p. 252
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Marriage
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam, p. 43
8 November 1943
Variant: If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
“He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time.”
Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,
lectorem delectando pariterque monendo.
Source: Ars Poetica, or The Epistle to the Pisones (c. 18 BC), Line 343
“A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves.”
“Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.”
Source: Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC
“Fell lust of gold! abhorred, accurst!
What will not men to slake such thirst?”
Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book III, p. 77
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation
Context: In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 468.
