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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Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.
It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.
Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.
Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he read more
If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.
the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective
the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the read more
Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky.
It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.
It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.
