"Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt."

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Source : William Herschel (2013). “The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel”, p.33, Cambridge University Press

William Herschel

“I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.”
“Where were the peacekeepers? Where was the UN? Why was the entire world ignoring Saddam's attack upon his own people? Were we Kurds considered so unworthy, so disposable? I longed to stand at the top of the mountain and shout out, Where are you, world? Where are you ?”
“It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most eager to violate animal life at the first opportunity.”
“Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA
“We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.”
“You can't rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn't going to be done in the first five minutes.”
“Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.”
“There are certainly times in history where power associates itself closely with fields that we would call the humanities, like rulers surrounding themselves with philosophers and poets, or playwrights. We do not live in that moment, and the best way to gauge the proximity of an academic field to power is by salary.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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