What did Jacques Barzun mean by: The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. - Jacques Barzun Copy
+ Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Hatred, Political, Tolerance, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Age, Getting Older, Profession, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Intellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Conventions, Equality, Sublime, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Children, Education, Teaching, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Rivers, Steps, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Culture, Normal, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Civilization, Future, Vision, 0 - Jacques Barzun
+ Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jacques Barzun, Self, 0 - Jacques Barzun
When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination - Jean-Francois Lyotard
We are losing our own capacity because we are poisoned in one way or another. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives. - Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
My time on this world is limited, but the things I can do with that time are not. - Jeb Corliss Skydiver · USA
No, it’s not a ‘corpse thing.’ I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning. - Jen Lancaster Author · USA
