Former civilians did not anticipate how disoriented they would feel as they lost access to their hobbies and interests while being drilled into a pattern of uniformity and sameness. It felt foreign to them to be told when to wake up, how to dress, wh...
In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like all narcotics, on the road to self-destruction. It does not affirm but places upon us greater and greater demands. It de...
Das Musikwunder in unserem Dorf begann mit dem Auftauchen eines pädagogischen Ausnahmetalents, das alles veränderte. Es war der gebürtige Georgier Wachtang Korisheli, den wir, seine Schüler, bis heute mit geradezu anhänglicher Verehrung Professo...
The eagle does not wage war against frogs.
To win a war quickly takes long preparation.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
When there is a war between fire and water, fire loses.
For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain: the loss of health and youth; the loss of loved ones or of love; the fear that we will end our days alone. Some people suffer in peace the way others...
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.
The least effort is the feat most likely to be accomplished.
The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.
Success demands consistent effort and hard work.
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted" ~R. Alan Woods [2007]
The Lack of perseverance and effort isn't called Destiny !
The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
The most spectacular anti-lava effort in history occurred on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in 1973.
I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.
Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.
