Greater than we are..
In order to achieve all that is demanded of us we must regard ourselves as greater than we are.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One day
it occurred to me to set about cultivating my orchard for all I was worth. For my purpose, I used sun and steel. Unceasing sunlight and implements fashioned of steel became the chief elements in my husbandry.
Yukio Mishima
See ourselves - as others see us
Others will underestimate us,
for although we judge ourselves
by what we feel capable of doing,
others judge us only by
what we have already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Relativity...
A new principle of "relativity," which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or in some way be "calibrated."
Benjamin Lee Whorf in Science and Linguistics
Things Men Have Made...
Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into are awake through years with transferred touch, and go on glowing for long years. And for this reason, some old things are lovely warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ..
D.H. Lawrence in Things Men Have Made
The Drama of Life...
In the drama of life, there is a huge difference between those who have written themselves a starring role, and those who idle through life with out aim.
Kazuo Inamori
Groucho Marx...
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
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