H. Auden
H. Auden
music beautiful simple
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
america scary too-much
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
respect civilization diversity
Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.
work thinking order
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it - not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.