Source: The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926), p. 89
“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
Variant: It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Take It Easy (co-written with Glenn Frey, 1971-1972), from For Everyman; previously recorded on The Eagles' album Eagles (1972)
“Cast down fears and with unwavering conviction proceed with your intention.”
Original: Abbattete le paure e con incrollabile convinzione procedete con la vostra intenzione.
Source: prevale.net
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“Seriously if I had a gun I would have shot the plane down.”
MY-2011, Lancashire Evening Post
Did he not like Blackpool's stunt
“The most important point is — and remains — not to take oneself seriously.”
Entry (1954)
Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)
Context: The most important point is — and remains — not to take oneself seriously. There is no past, and, certainly, no future. There are but a few years — ten at the most. You pass your days as best you can, doing as little harm as possible. Let the desires be few and treat expectations as weeds. You read, scribble as the spirit moves you, hear some new music, see every week the few people you are attached to. Again: guard yourself, above all, against self-dramatization, a feeling of importance, and the sprouting of expectations.
Review http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/02/23/number_23/index.html of The Number 23 (2007)
