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The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by read more
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.
A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere read more
A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body. That's okay.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no read more
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.
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the read more
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
