Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage. – William Lloyd Garrison
If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable. – Georges Courteline, La philosophie de Georges Courteline, 1917
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You dont need to have direct communication. You can say, I cant describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you. – James Blunt
I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms. – Sir Thomas Browne
