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We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honoured us with rational speech and a sense of equity. And yet we are become worse than the wild beast.
John Chrysostom
O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circlesa stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.
Fernando de Rojas
When we say two bodies 'touch', what we mean (without knowing it) is that both electromagnetic fields are interacting to avoid physical interpenetration and ... that happens well before subatomic particles touch!
Felix Alba-Juez
Swiftness is the enemy of comprehension.
If the sum of living be love's fee,Tremble. You are my one eternity.
Laura Benet
Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
Robert A. Heinlein
Everything is Good,Some of the things are better,But, Nothing is the Best in this World.....!
Amod Shrivastava
No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan
John Shirley
No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.
George Lucas
Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of the city of philosophy: Do not block the way of inquiry.
Charles S. Peirce
I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
Carl Sagan
The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him.
Miyamoto Musashi
Raise a smile and lower stress
Benny Bellamacina
If your dreams are to hard to achieve, just achieve
You and I are part of the colony of heaven. Right now, we may reside here on earth, but our passport indicates that our citizenship is in heaven. We are the earth, but not the earth.
Allen R. Hunt
Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.
John Langdon
He thought others were small; that was his greatness.
Dejan Stojanovic
Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it until it purrs.
Teresa Sue McAdams
... One can know very much but comprehend very little and, besides, ... different objectives require different levels of knowledge - though always with the maximum possible comprehension suited to the purpose.
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.
Heraclitus