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Becoming One Quotes (page 7)

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one..."
One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Jack Vance quote: "One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that..."
One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that one often breaks another's bones in one's vexation. Jack Vance
One measures oncoming old age by its deepening of Proust, and its deepening by Proust. How to read a novel? Lovingly, if it shows itself capable of accomodating one's love; and jealously, because it can become the image of one's limitations in time and space, and yet can give the Proustian blessing of more life. Harold Bloom
One of the main problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can’t cope with. Douglas Adams
One of the most widespread superstitions is that every man has his own special, definite qualities; that a man is kind, cruel, wise, stupid, energetic, apathetic, etc. Men are not like that . . . Men are like rivers; the water is the same in each, and alike in all; but every river is narrow here, is more rapid there, here slower, there broader, now clear, now cold, now dull, now warm. It is the same with men. Every man carries in himself the germs of every human quality and sometimes one... Leo Tolstoy
One morning at the end of the two years, as I was writing a letter to his dictation, he came and bent over me, and said--"Jane, have you a glittering ornament round your neck?" I had a gold watch-chain: I answered "Yes." "And have you a pale blue dress on? I had. He informed me then, that for some time he had fancied the obscurity clouding one eye was becoming less dense; and that now he was sure of it. Charlotte Bronte
Marcel Proust quote: "One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy."
One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy. Marcel Proust
One cannot change, that is to say become a different person, while continuing to acquiesce to the feelings of the person one has ceased to be. Marcel Proust
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day."
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. Jean-Paul Sartre
One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically. Jeffrey Bernard
One of my favorite tools is 'flip it.' 'Flip it' can become your new favorite mantra when you are having one of those mean thoughts. You can choose to flip it and change how you are feeling about yourself in that moment. This is helpful at any age. Elizabeth Berkley
A. C. Benson quote: "One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background,..."
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. A. C. Benson
One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural. Ted Allen
Richard Wagner quote: "One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is..."
One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion. Richard Wagner
One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest keeping a journal. Madeleine L'Engle

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