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The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything read more
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. - Essays and Aphorisms.
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.
You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more
Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in read more
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?