It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
“light up a lifetime” conveys the idea that hope can have a lasting, life-altering impact.
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we’ve forgotten there’s any other way.
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.
People aren’t quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They’re not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different.
If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.
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