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Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings he has worked through, and other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them. It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Music is the shorthand of emotion. Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare. Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him, in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence. Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed. Faith is the force of life. I am used to praying when I am alone, thank God. But when I come together with other people, when I need more than ever to pray, I still cannot get used to it. There is no greatness where there is not simplicity. Boredom: the desire for desires. The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience. Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. To love one's neighbors, to love one's enemies, to love everything—to love God in all His manifestations—human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one's enemies we need divine love. Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars. Faith is the force of life. Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave. Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life, and avoid it as much as possible. |