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When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself, it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there in the beginning, when we are children, but slowly it gets lost.
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Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.
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Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
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Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
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No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.
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Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are going to blow your funky mind!
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Other times when I hear the wind blow I feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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There is not a soul on Earth who can read the deluge of physics publications in its entirety. As a result, it is sad but true that physics has irretrievably fallen apart from a cohesive to a fragmented discipline. ... It was not that long ago that people were complaining about two cultures. If we only had it that good. today.
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Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'
