Very often do the captains of such ships take those absent-minded young philosopher to task, upbraiding them with not feeling sufficient "interest" in the voyage; half-hinting that they are so helples...
Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge.
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the greatest Americanshave not been born yetthey are waiting patientlyfor the past to die
Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.
Chance favors the connected mind.
I knew everything! Yet, I'm still not perfect.
His eyesight wasn’t as keen as it had been, but he knew a changing mind when he saw it.
If you stand back far enough, anything and everything is nothing.
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
An empty man is full of himself.
- Paddle Your Own CanoeVoyager upon life's sea,To yourself be true,And whatever your lot may be,Paddle your own canoe.Never, though the winds may rave,Falter or look back;But upon the darkest waveLeav...
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.
The technological man is limited as his tools. The man without technologies is limitless.
Living a good life is like flipping pancakes. If you hesitate, it splatters all over the place.
Prepared for the worst,but still praying for the best
You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces
Greed and corruption isn't in the world.It's in the people".
Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.