Each one sees what he carries in his heart.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Showing posts with label observations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label observations. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Post #2014
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater
—Johann Kaspar Lavater
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Post #1663
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
—Friedrich Nietzsche
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Post #1438
You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people in the room—their motions, their looks and their words—and yet without staring at them and seeming an observer.
—Lord Chesterfield
—Lord Chesterfield
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Post #1178
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
—J.A. Wheeler
—J.A. Wheeler
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Post #675
Twixt the optimist and the pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut
But the pessimist sees the hole.
—McLandburgh Wilson
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut
But the pessimist sees the hole.
—McLandburgh Wilson
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Post #327
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and present hearer.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
—Robert Louis Stevenson
Friday, August 06, 2010
Post #308
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
—Albert Einstein
—Albert Einstein
Monday, August 02, 2010
Post #304
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
—George Bernard Shaw
—George Bernard Shaw
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