New Orts #97

November 23 MMXXV

I admit that the only thing of which I am fairly certain is the confusion in my own mind, or to put it another way, my acceptance of pluralism in the world of motives, intentions, and ends. I know that I am trying hard to find what I would consider suprapersonal truth, but I do not know why I try.
— Artur Schnabel (1882-1951), My Life and Music

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove.
— Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
— James Thurber (1894-1961)