
“She has more goodnessin her little finger, than he has in his whole body.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
Rubinstein remarking on a performance by Maurizio Pollini — reported in Joanne Sheehy Hoover (March 13, 1981) "Captain Of the Keyboard", The Washington Post, p. C1.
Attributed
“She has more goodnessin her little finger, than he has in his whole body.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
State of the Art (2000)
“[T]he devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.”
Vol. III, John XV: 22–27, p. 123
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)
Interview with Alex Haley
Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 132.
“A skillful Artist in shapes and appearances does no more than necessary to create His effect.”
Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984)
Context: Time is never a problem on the God level. Or space. Whatever needed to deceive you was provided. But no more than that. That is the conservative principle in art at the God level. While I can't do it, not being at that level, I have seen a lot of it done. A skillful Artist in shapes and appearances does no more than necessary to create His effect.
Speech at the Opening of the Bandung Conference
“Whenever God has pointed the way with his finger, he also cleared the way with his mighty palm.”
When he was looking for help to build his institutions at Anandwan, unexpected help came from 50 volunteers of 36 different countries working under the banner of “Service Civil International", from Gandhi’s Ashram at Sevagram, page=14
Baba Amte: A Vision of New India