Endless Quote by Norman Mailer

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters,…

— Frederic Chopin

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all…

— Beatrix Potter

...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor enduring unless…

— John Cassian

Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless diversity, scarcely…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

In green old gardens, hidden away From sight of revel and sound of strife, Here I have leisure to breathe and move, And to…

— Violet Fane

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

— Saadi

“There’s a lot of stress and strife in this world. The people you surround yourself with intentionally, that you care about and share things…

— Erin Nicholas

Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best…

— Anonymous

Salvador Dali has been called kitsch, but, although some of this work may be grotesque, its brazenly self-conscious bad taste saves it from being…

— Denis Dutton

Art is realistic when it strives to express an ethical ideal. Realism is striving for truth, and truth is always beautiful. Here the aesthetic…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner peace and…

— Lorenzo Scupoli