Wisdom is knowing how to live.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Wisdom in Living
W
Libraries’ Seductive Danger
L
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Power of Ideas
P
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Finding Solid Ground
F
It’s a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Pursuit of Happiness
P
Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Understanding Flattery
U
Flattery is agreeable because it says fundamentally this: What you are, pleases me.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Reflecting on Death
R
Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Sum of Life’s Moments
S
We are the sum of all the moments of our lives—all that is ours is in them: we cannot escape or conceal it.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Beauty’s True Source
B
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Essence of Man
E
Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March