"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened." ― Lawrence Durrell Topic(s): Men More From Lawrence Durrell "For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential – the imagination." "I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time – those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything." "It is not love that is blind, but jealousy." More In Men "Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all."― Brian Tracy "A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself."― Jose Marti "I want my life to effect the balance to the positive."― Mira Sorvino