“Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
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John Hollander (1929–2013) American poet
Extract from 'Powers of Thirteen'(1983)
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“Yes, let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.”
Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer
Source: The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters, 1926, p. 143
Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
2008, Inter-religious Meeting (17 July 2008)
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
Love is Enough (1872), Song III: It Grew Up Without Heeding
Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba
University of Havana address (2005)
Context: Man is born egotistical, a result of the conditioning of nature. Nature fills us with instincts; it is education that fills us with virtues. Nature makes us do things instinctively; one of these is the instinct for survival which can lead to infamy, while on the other side, our conscience can lead us to great acts of heroism. It doesn’t matter what each one of us is like, how different we are from each other, but when we unite we become one.
It is amazing that in spite of the differences between human beings, they can become as one in a single instant or they can be millions, and they can be a million strong just through their ideas. Nobody followed the Revolution as a cult to anyone or because they felt personal sympathy with any one person. It is only by embracing certain values and ideas that an entire people can develop the same willingness to make sacrifices of any one of those who loyally and sincerely try to lead them toward their destiny.
