Erwin Knoll quotes

Erwin Knoll quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge.”
-- Erwin Knoll

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“To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.”
“In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.”
“Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics
“I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.”
“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.”
“stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves”
“War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.”

Source : Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.30, Lulu.com
“You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.”
“STORIES WE TELL is one of the boldest and most exciting films Iâ€™ve seen in the last six months, and the kind of experience that has the power to alter your perception of the world.”
“Donâ€™t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.”

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