Archive for the ‘ Thinking ’ Category

Plato

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Kevin Spacey

(a clip from Inside the Actors Studio)

Bruno Bettelheim

“There is no greater threat in life than that we will be deserted, left all alone.  Psychoanalysis has named this — man’s greatest fear — separation anxiety; and the younger we are, the more excruciating is our anxiety when we feel deserted, for the young child actually perishes when not adequately protected and taken care of.  Therefore, the ultimate consolation is that we shall never be deserted.”

Brian Clark

“Someone once said recently, I can’t remember who, ‘The playwright’s spiritual ancestor is not a poet but a juggler.’”

Caesar Augustus’s last words

“Acta est fabula, plaudite!” (The play is over, applaud!).

Shakespeare’s Globe

“Totus mundus agit histrionem” (All the world plays the actor).

Jose Rivera

“Only listen to those people who have a vested interest in your future.”

David Mamet

“Be prepared, be early, never complain, help your fellows, figure it out – your capacity for work is vastly greater than you suppose.”