"Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a ball far more than from looking at it."

-- Henry Moore

#Children Quotes #Balls Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Going back into the negative past to find happiness is like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear”
“For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is a true thing. Criticism isnâ€™t written for poets, itâ€™s written for other readers. One hopes it is true for other readers if itâ€™s true for oneself.”
“What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored.”
“I reckon thatâ€™s the risk you run, letting somebody else raise you chilluns.”
“I once read that more millionaires per capita were created during the Great Depression than at any other time in history.”

Source : Harry S. Dent (2000). “The Roaring 2000s Investor: Strategies for the Life You Want”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“Is it better to work out consciously and critically one's own conception of the world and thus, in connection with the labours of one's own brain, choose one's sphere of activity, take an active part in the creation of the history of the world, be one's own guide, refusing to accept passively and supinely from outside the moulding of one' own personality?”
“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.”
“Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.”

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