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Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine read more
Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine to be in God's mind, and it is really difficult for human intelligence to guess at a divine intelligence. What we usually end up with by this sort of reasoning is to make God the color-sergeant of our army and to make Him as chauvinistic as ourselves.
The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.
The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises read more
The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises these men need the guidance of some kind of theory; but, being unfamiliar with the field of ideas, they do not know that alternatives to the popular theories are possible. They know only what they have always been taught.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
