"UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse."

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Life Quotes #Nature Quotes #Horse Quotes

“Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.”
“It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our own way.”
“The reality is that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been.”
“If you only do one thing, collect rainwater...”
“Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.”
“Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.”
“You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.”
“What if...? A question we ask to hurt ourselves.”

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