Sublime

JOHN THE SCOT, or Johannes Scotus, to which is sometimes added Eriugena or Erigena,I is the most astonishing person of the ninth century; he would have been less surprising if he had lived in the fifth or the fifteenth century.

Le plus grand exploit de Freud est sans doute d’avoir pris au sérieux ses malades névrosés et de s’être consacré à ce que leur psychologie a d’individuel et de singulier. […] Il voyait, pourrait-on dire, avec les yeux du malade et parvint ainsi à une compréhension plus profonde de la maladie qu’il n’avait été possible jusqu’alors. Ici, il était san

The more friends you had, the bigger were the bits of the brain known to be involved in social skills

He is the greatest winner in basketball history—eleven NBA championships in thirteen years. Some players can amass individual statistics. Only one has had the strength and focus to keep his team a champion for over a decade.

Red accused me of being stubborn and willful—which he knew I was anyway—and wanted to know why, why I wanted to shun such an honor from the fans. Because I never played for the fans, I explained, I played for myself and for my team. I told Red I felt honored to have my number retired but that was something I could in good conscience only do with my

Je connais M. Haas, dit-il lentement – son visage s'était de nouveau rembruni. Bien sûr, je le connais. Il y a longtemps que je l'ai repéré... Un jour ou l'autre, M. Haas sera pendu. Non, mademoiselle, je ne capture pas les éléphants. Je me contente de vivre parmi eux. Je passe des mois entiers à les suivre, à les étudier. A les admirer, plus exact

The fact was that behind every great individual, male or female, there was a supporting cast that was instrumental in the creation, communication, and execution of ideas, and that the very notion of solitary greatness had to be reassessed even as it was accepted as a motivational fiction.

I don’t believe there was better basketball player and human being than the man I called Norman (his middle name). There was no one I competed with harder and had more respect for than him. Just before Wilt died in October 1999, he and I were having one of our marathon telephone calls. Wilt simply loved to talk, and it was impossible to stop him wh

It’s reassuring to discover that Leonardo spent as much on books as he did on clothes. In the inventories he made in 1504, he listed 116 volumes.