We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.
Gerald Brenan

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more.
Gerald Brenan

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.
Gerald Brenan

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.
Gerald Brenan

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.
Gerald Brenan

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.
Gerald Brenan

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.
Gerald Brenan

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.
Gerald Brenan