In today’s entry (from 70 years ago) Orwell shows us that a journal entry doens’t have to be very long.
Whatever interests the rest interests me, politics,
wars, markets, newspapers, schools,
The mayor and councils, banks, tariffs, steamships, factories,
stocks, stores, real estate and personal estate.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Here’s an little election-related quote for ya’ll. Don’t forget the local part of politics.
Actually, I don’t work as hard as Joe The Plumber and I’m not as successful.
Leo Tolstoy, quoted by Everybody Cares.
Update from the comments: “As everyone who has read his biography knows, it didn’t work. It didn’t even come close.” Human life in two sentences! (via mills)
I’ve been reading Ecclesiates and it struck me how much this sounds like parts of Solomon’s writings:
A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Solomon has a bit of a different conclusion, though. This looks like a very good overview of the book.