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Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
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Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,
By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he read more
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was.
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar read more
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.
Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am read more
Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fund doing it?
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
[Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
[Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]
