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The Razor's Edge
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"The Razor's Edge" Quotes

A man's quest for meaning takes him on a spiritual journey through Europe and India.

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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

W. Somerset Maugham

I was always free. I was free to do good or evil, to give up my life, or to betray my friends. I did evil and I did good. I gave up my life and a thousand times betrayed my friends. It wasn't their fault; it was mine.

W. Somerset Maugham

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

W. Somerset Maugham

I don't think that love is a trick, exactly. I do know, however, that I am a skeptic. Love is something I've thought about a great deal. I think it's brought me more confusion than any other thing in the world.

W. Somerset Maugham

I've discovered that the less I say, the more I hear. The less I do, the more I accomplish. And the less I want, the more I have.

W. Somerset Maugham

The secret of life is this: when you hear the sound of the cannons, walk towards them.

W. Somerset Maugham

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

W. Somerset Maugham

Seek death and you shall live. Seek life and you shall die.

W. Somerset Maugham

The soul is greater than its fate; the soul endures and makes its own way. It's the soul that counts; no matter which world the soul inhabits, the path it takes is the same.

W. Somerset Maugham

I admire people who have the guts to do things they believe in, no matter what the cost.

W. Somerset Maugham