And, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.
You're on the Island of Conclusions. Make yourself at home. You're apt to be here for some time.''But how did we get here?' asked Milo, who was still a bit puzzled by being there at all.'You jumped, o...
You may not see it now, said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even...
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.
Why, did you know that there are almost as many kinds of stillness as there are sounds? But, sadly enough, no one pays any attention to them these days.
Very serious, very serious. You can't get in without a reason.
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.
The Humbug whistled gaily at his work, for he was never as happy as when he had a job which required no thinking at all. After what seemed like days, he had dug a hole scarcely large enough for his th...
It has been a long trip, said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn't made so many mistakes. I'm afraid it's all my fault.You must n...
I never knew words could be so confusing, Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear.Only when you use a lot to say a little, answered Tock.Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing...
But I'm afraid it can't be done.Certainly not; it can't be done, repeated the Humbug.Why not? asked Milo.Why not indeed? exclaimed the bug, who seemed equally at home on either side of an argument.Muc...
A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.
It's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.
But you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
Why don't they live in Illusions?' suggested the Humbug. 'It's much prettier.' 'Many of them do,' he answered, walking in the direction of the forest once again, 'but it's just as bad to live in a pla...
What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
What kind of a place is Expectations? inquired Milo, unable to see the humor and feeling very doubtful of the little man's sanity.Good question, good question, he exclaimed. Expectations is the place...
What a shame, signed the Dodecahedron. They're so very useful. Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve feet high and six feet wide in...
So many things are possible as long as you don't know they're impossible.
Of course, if you've ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you've never gotten one, pay close attention, because someday you might.