As for evolution, I have a hard time believing that billions of years ago two protozoan bumped into each other read more

As for evolution, I have a hard time believing that billions of years ago two protozoan bumped into each other under a volcanic cesspool and evolved into Cindy Crawford.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should read more

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them read more

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.