Titu Maiorescu, page 2
Romanian lawyer, literary critic, writer, estetician, philosopher, univeristary professor and politician, member of the Romanian Academy, first minister of Romania
Can the study of the brain replace the science of the soul? Can he who knows the mechanism of the piano guess at the limitless variety of melodies?
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Man must be understood as an element of evolution. Let us not ask what a person is, but what they are becoming. Are they growing, standing still, or going backwards?
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All important decisions you must take on your own, from the depths of your individuality, without the influence of others.
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Only pain compacts thoughts together and gives them power to penetrate. Snow flakes fall lazily to the ground; the icefloe pushes hard.
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Between a diamond and a pile of stones, who would find the choice hard? The same between a decent man's approval and the wild cheers of a crowd.
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A young man is not, but is becoming; only of an old man can it be said in some measure that he is, for he has been and has proved himself.
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