Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
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The Gay Science (1882)
“Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.”
"The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim" (1935)
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François Arago (1786–1853) French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician
Tel est le privilége du génie : il aperçoit, il saisit des rapports, là où des yeux vulgaires lie voient que des faits isolés.
Joseph Fourier, p. 412.
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Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
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The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
Edith Stein (1891–1942) Jewish-German nun, theologian and philosopher
Essays on Woman (1996), Spirituality of the Christian Woman (1932)
“The most common trait in successful people: They have conquered the temptation to give up.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
John Kenneth Galbraith book The New Industrial State
Source: The New Industrial State (1967), Chapter XXXI, Section 1, p. 354
Hermann Hesse book Gertrud
Source: Gertrude (1910), p. 236
Context: It was no different with my own life, and with Gertrude's and that of many others. Fate was not kind, life was capricious and terrible, and there was no good or reason in nature. But there is good and reason in us, in human beings, with whom fortune plays, and we can be stronger than nature and fate, if only for a few hours. And we can draw close to one another in times of need, understand and love one another, and live to comfort each other. And sometimes, when the black depths are silent, we can do even more. We can then be gods for moments, stretch out a commanding hand and create things which were not there before and which, when they are created, continue to live without us. Out of sounds, words, and other frail and worthless things, we can construct playthings — songs and poems full of meaning, consolation and goodness, more beautiful and enduring than the grim sport of fortune and destiny. We can keep the spirit of God in our hearts and, at times, when we are full of Him, He can appear in our eyes and our words, and also talk to others who do no know or do not wish to know Him. We cannot evade life's course, but we can school ourselves to be superior to fortune and also to look unflinchingly upon the most painful things.
“"Free trade" is a policy imposed on the weakest and evaded by the most powerful.”
David McNally (1953) Canadian political scientist
Source: Another World Is Possible : Globalization and Anti-capitalism (2002), Chapter 2, Globalization - It's Not About Free Trade, p. 33
“I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.”
Man Ray (1890–1976) American artist and photographer
As quoted in an interview "Man Ray: Photographer" published in Camera (1981) edited by Philippe Sers
“Primitivism has become the vulgar cliche of much modern art and speculation.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 77