I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our read more

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. read more

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.

There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist--
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man,
And the man said, "Am read more

The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man,
And the man said, "Am I your debtor?"
And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can,
And then I will let you a better."

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and
accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the read more

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and
accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe
loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to
make new things like them.

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going read more

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental read more

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy