There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
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Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.
Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.
Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!
Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking read more
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourselves.
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to read more
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have read more
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and read more
Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life is but a dream.
