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Subconscious Fears
Frank Crane
A young man writes me that he is afraid of thunderstorms, and asks if there is no way for him to overcome this weakness. “I am normal in every other respect,” he adds, “but notwithstanding my endeavors to fight off this nervousness I find it to be of no avail; it appears to be a sort of subconscious fear.”
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The Supreme Moment
Frank Crane
“But Leonardo,” says one writing upon the genius of the incomparable da Vinci, “will never work till the happy moment comes—that moment of bien-etre (feeling just fit) which to imaginative men is a moment of invention. On this moment he waits; other moments are but a preparation or after-taste of it.”
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The Ethics Of Controversy
Frank Crane
Everything is disputable. I am willing to entertain arguments in support of any proposition whatsoever.
If you want to defend theft, mayhem, adultery, or murder, state your case, bring on your reasons; for in endeavoring to prove an indefensible thing you discover for yourself how foolish is your thesis.
(more…)The Ideal Woman
Frank Crane
The ideal woman is lovable. She may not be beautiful of face, but she has charm.
She is attractive to men, not repellent.
(more…)The Unconquerable
Frank Crane
Reporters in the war-smitten countries of Europe tell us that one effect of the horrors of death, wounds, and heartbreak is that the men are turning back to the churches. Out of the obscene muck of materialistic force is springing a revaluation of the spirit in man.
(more…)A Dull Day
Frank Crane
The sun may be shining when you read this, but it was a dull day when it was written.
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