Quotes of Lionel Trilling

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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.

- Lionel Trilling

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“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Sometimes you never realize how much you like someone, until you watch them liking someone else. ”

- Unknown

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Some people are not capable of loving you the way you need to be loved It might be wise to just wish them well and take care of yourself. ”

- Charles E Hudson

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse