"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened." ― Lawrence Durrell Topic(s): Men More From Lawrence Durrell "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." "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." "Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection." More In Men "What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences."― Abbe Pierre "For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed."― Clifton Paul Fadiman "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley