Vasily Klyuchevsky quotes

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking
-- Vasily Klyuchevsky

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Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.