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It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the read more
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling. -Robert M. Pirsig.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight;
Make me a child again just for tonight.
Mother, read more
Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight;
Make me a child again just for tonight.
Mother, come back from the echoeless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.