To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The idea that a book can advise a woman how to capture a man is touchingly naive. Books advising men how to capture a woman are far less common, perhaps because few men are willing to admit to such a difficulty. For both sexes, I recommend a good novel, offering scenarios you might learn from, if only because they reflect a lot of doubt. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice. Dec 03, 2024 - Fabian Biese>