
“It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom”
Ilia Gurliand Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov, in Teatr i iskusstvo 1904, No 28, 11 July, p. 521. commonly known as Chekhov's dictum or Chekhov's gun.
“It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom”
From James Boswell's Life of Johnson (1791), October 26, 1769.
“How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?”
Source: Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 3: Huts on a Beach
On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe (1920-1936), p. 279
1920s
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Context: It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that. At first putting forth great effort to be sure that you have grasped the basics, then practicing so that they may come to fruition is something that will never stop for your whole lifetime. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, "This is not enough."
One should search throughout his whole life how best to follow the Way. And he should study, setting his mind to work without putting things off. Within this is the Way.