If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him; on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the... right, but I cannot see him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking... forward.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If we love-and-serve an ideal we reach backward in time to its inception and forward to its consummation. To grow is sometimes to ...hurt; but who would return to smallness?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, ...who never look backward to their ancestors.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...it has been a joy to live, at last, under an Administration which--stumbling forward and backward, colliding with all the habit...s of government, all the habits of business--has still endeavored to make the happiness of man, woman and child its chief consideration.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In spite of the fact that religion looks backward to revealed truth while science looks forward to new vistas and discoveries, bot...h activities produce a sense of awe and a curious mixture of humility and arrogance in their practitioners. All great scientists are inspired by the subtlety and beauty of the natural world that they are seeking to understand. Each new subatomic particle, every unexpected object, produces delight and wonderment. In constructing their theories, physicists are frequently guided by arcane concepts of elegance in the belief that the universe is intrinsically beautiful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So different are the colours of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and... sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward--or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of ...the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »