If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.
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Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.
Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we read more
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.
I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.
Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in read more
Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend.
Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.
Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.
When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can read more
When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
