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Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no read more
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of read more
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work read more
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to read more
As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.