Norman Douglas
Norman Douglas
George Norman Douglaswas a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books such as his 1915 Old Calabria were also appreciated for the quality of their writing...
mind atheism scylla
He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
happiness giving body
Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.
time wedges insert
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
mean thinking keeping-promises
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
food trying culture
Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.
spring flower carpe-diem
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
reality mind sometimes
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
home men thinking
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
winter hardship green
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
character men age
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
communication often-is unspoken
How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.
children giving want
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
reading men fire
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.
business advertising nigeria-independence
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.