Original: L'entusiasmo è uno degli stati d'animo più importanti per dar vita a qualsiasi opera creativa.
Source: prevale.net
“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.”
Gustav Mahler, page 78. Originally written for a volume dedicated to Mahler edited by Paul Stephan, Munich 1910.
Recollections and Reflections
“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
Source: Adventures of a Mathematician - Third Edition (1991), Chapter 3, Travels Abroad, p. 55
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Speech https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1910/jul/20/class-iii#column_1354 in the House of Commons (20 July 1910)
Early career years (1898–1929)
Context: The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country. A calm and dispassionate recognition of the rights of the accused against the State, and even of convicted criminals against the State, a constant heart-searching by all charged with the duty of punishment, a desire and eagerness to rehabilitate in the world of industry all those who have paid their dues in the hard coinage of punishment, tireless efforts towards the discovery of curative and regenerating processes, and an unfaltering faith that there is a treasure, if you can only find it, in the heart of every man—these are the symbols which in the treatment of crime and criminals mark and measure the stored-up strength of a nation, and are the sign and proof of the living virtue in it.
Free Culture (2004)
“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
This Is My Story (1937)
