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I have seen more men than usual, lately; and, well as I was acquainted with one, I am surprised to find what vulgar fellows they are.
Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.
Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And when this dust falls to the urn In that state I came, return.
Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended.
At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill.
Strange, isn't it, that warfare has come down to fencing with complicated toys that only a few seedy scholars can make or understand.
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes
When I began to write my books about Coalwood, I was surprised to discover, upon reflection, that it wasn't an ordinary place at all.
When legislators do something that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, there's always the suspicion that they're in somebody's pocket.
Among the many arguments to be made against cultural revolutions is that they are monotonous in spirit and monomaniacal in intention.
If we declare ourselves, as readers, to be on the side of life, the question has to be asked what sort of life we are on the side of.
Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.
Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires.
Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.
The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.
When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it.
There is a permanent amnesia planted in us, which just as we keep forgetting our dreams, we sometimes keep on forgetting our reality.
The visions of the INFJs tend to concern human welfare, and their contributions are likely to be made independent of a mass movement.
To me, the explanation of life seems to be its melody, its pattern. And I feel in life such an infinite, truly inconceivable fantasy.
Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.
Love would never b a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion.
One of the things I tell people in my seminars is to hang out with positive, nurturing people. You become like who you hang out with.
The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.
The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.
My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make it work.
A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms.
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
It is significant that one says book lover and music lover and art lover but not record lover or CD lover or, conversely, text lover.
I take the view that we all have permission to be a little baffled by quantum information science and algorithmic information theory.
When can our brain's innate objectivity begin to flourish? Only when our inappropriate Self-centered subjectivity begins to dissolve.
You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.
"I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.
By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.
Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul.
What about Beck?" "Backwoods Boy? Are you crazy? It'd be a threesome - me, him and his overbearing ego. Definitely doomed to failure.
I wondered where he was now whether I would ever hear him again. Whether someone would love him, someday show him what beauty mean't.
The nearest I'd come to feeling anything like God was the plan blue cloudless sky and a certain silence, but how do you pray to that?
My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell.
My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that.
We're in a decaying culture now. Naturally, the young people in the culture are going to feel themselves to be products of the decay.
You eat the room service employees every time?” Denise asked, shocked. “Of course. But don’t fret on their behalf. I always tip well.
The first sign of whether Obama is serious about confronting the climate crisis will be revealed by how he organizes the White House.
American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
I can see why you opted out of Knight training,” I countered. “They’d have ‘accidentally’ killed you before you made it to adulthood.
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
You’ve always been nuts. That’s fine. I can deal with nuts. But lately, you’ve been depressed nuts. I can’t deal with that. - Anthony
Rage filled me at her words - cold, black, unending rage. Whatever happened to me, Mab would not hurt my sister again. She would not.
I do think laughter is the most important thing, and being able to see the funny side of nearly anything is a crucial, crucial thing.