Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesn’t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While you’re being persecuted, you hate what’s happening to you, you hate the people who are making it happen; you’re in a world of hate. Why, you wouldn’t recognize love if you met it! You’d suspect love! You’d think there was something behind it—some motive—some trick.
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. - Christopher Isherwood
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers.
- Christopher Isherwood
A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than… - Christopher Isherwood
A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than…
By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress. - Christopher Isherwood
By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent. - Christopher Isherwood
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. - Christopher Isherwood
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. - Christopher Isherwood
Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent.
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination. - Christopher Isherwood
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. - Christopher Isherwood
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it. - Christopher Isherwood
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion