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Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.
We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything read more
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.
We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
