People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on how eccentricity can lead to social isolation while also granting a sense of freedom.
In this quote, Vaslav Nijinsky expresses the paradox of being perceived as eccentric or 'mad,' suggesting that such a reputation allows him the freedom to be himself without the constraints of societal norms. The acknowledgment that people are drawn to eccentricity yet will keep their distance highlights the complex relationship between individuality and social acceptance.
In practice
During a speech on creativity, one might use this quote to highlight the value of embracing one's uniqueness.
I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.
The Christian "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection
It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me.
To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
...What you are is a force--a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream...You are life
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