There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the co...gnition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of that... knowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a ...bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has done this, so that ...all should stand in awe before him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
he held the proper opinions for the time of year; When there was peace, he was for peace; when there was war, he went.... He was married and added five children to the population, Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation, And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Long ago I added to the true old adage of "What is everybody's business is nobody's business," another clause which, I think, more... than any other principle has served to influence my actions in life. That is, What is nobody's business is my business.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical... moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
the future is simply nothing at all. Nothing has happened to the present by becoming past except that fresh slices of existence ha...ve been added to the total history of the world. The past is thus as real as the present.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledg...e of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »