Robert Wilson Lynd Quotes
- There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as…
- There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things.…
- It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
- The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
- Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas…
- The days on which one has been the most inquisitive are among the days on which one has been happiest.
- In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
- A cat is only technically an animal, being divine.
- It is in games that many men discover their paradise.
- Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.