But it was all the same choice, every time. The choice between the one death and all the little ones.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;but a hidden star can still be smiling at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators.
A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.