Source: The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
“You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.”
Source: Comet in Moominland
“No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!”
“There is nothing stronger than gentleness.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
“Civilization begins with a rebellion.”
Source: Power and Innocence (1972), Ch. 11 : The Humanity of the Rebel
Context: Civilization begins with a rebellion. Prometheus, one of the Titans, steals fire from the gods on Mount Olympus and brings it as a gift to man, marking the birth of human culture. For this rebellion Zeus sentences him to be chained to Mount Caucasus where vultures consume his liver during the day and at night it grows back only to be again eaten away the next day. This is a tale of the agony of the creative individual, whose nightly rest only resuscitates him so that he can endure his agonies the next day.
“A good motto to live by: 'Always try not to get killed.”
“There's a humorous side to every situation. The challenge is to find it.”
