I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the ocean's expanse, your eye is completely relaxed; once your eye is relaxed, your mind is unfettered.
The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking. - Emile Chartier
The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.
- Emile Chartier
To think is to say 'no.' - Emile Chartier
To think is to say 'no.'
There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both. - Emile Chartier
There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.
Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat. - Emile Chartier
Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.
What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns. - Emile Chartier
What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.
Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but extern… - Emile Chartier
Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but extern…
It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused. ... It is impossible to be hap… - Emile Chartier
It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused. ... It is impossible to be hap…
People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it wer… - Emile Chartier
People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it wer…
Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the statue itself, lik… - Emile Chartier
Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the statue itself, lik…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion