Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.
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Create Personalise WishesSome men see things as…
Some men see things as they are and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were and say, “Why not?”
19A life spent making mistakes…
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.
28Love never dies a natural…
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
27Life is a process of becoming,…
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
24We do not grow absolutely,…
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.
13What is the meaning of…
What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it? I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
The World as I See It, 193426
Yes, we have to ide up…
Yes, we have to ide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
14If I were not a physicist,…
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
29How on earth are you ever…
How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
26Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Whoever undertakes to…
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
8Insanity: doing the same…
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity
No amount of experimentation…
It is every man’s obligation…
It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.
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