Sublime

Passa poi a Jack London, Knut Hamsun, i grandi vagabondi, quelli che hanno fatto tutti i mestieri e alimentato i propri libri di queste esperienze. In prosa, i suoi preferiti sono autori stranieri, ma quando si tratta di poesia nulla vale quanto la poesia russa, e un ragazzo che legge poesia diventa naturalmente un ragazzo che scrive poesia, e poi

Il faut retrouver en nous la part animale et sauvage, primitive. Thoreau avoue préférer les odeurs fortes du rat musqué et du trappeur à celles de la poussière du professeur qui passe tout son temps dans les bibliothèques. « Ce qui est sauvage s’accorde avec la vie et le plus vivant est aussi le plus sauvage », affirme le philosophe.

As três dimensões da filosofia: a inteligência do que é (teoria), a sede de justiça (ética) e a busca da salvação (sabedoria)

It would have suggested many things to a philosopher to have dealings with him. To a stranger he appeared to know nothing of things in general; yet I sometimes saw in him a man whom I had not seen before, and I did not know whether he was as wise as Shakespeare or as simply ignorant as a child, whether to suspect him of a fine poetic consciousness

I had this advantage, at least, in my mode of life, over those who were obliged to look abroad for amusement, to society and the theatre, that my life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to be novel.

preferir a lucidez ao conforto, a liberdade à fé.