If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.
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The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.
The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything read more
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. - Essays and Aphorisms.
One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.
One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly read more
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
