H. Auden
H. Auden
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.
differences age who-we-are
Between the ages of twenty and forty we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the differences between accidental limitations which it is our duty to outgrow and the necessary limitations of our nature beyond which we cannot trespass with impunity.
smell blood eras
I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen.
smell doe invisible
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
iceland people passionate
Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.
finding-the-one people trying
Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them -- the one, in fact, which is not a mask.
funny-friendship funny-best-friend differences
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
funny music people
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
music art philosophy
Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
expression feelings might
Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.
unique men mirrors
Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.
inspirational funny helping-others
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
stewardship
You owe it to all of us all get on with what you're good at.
addiction damnation sin
All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.