". . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me. . . ."

-- Marsilio Ficino

#Men Quotes #Hands Quotes #Law Quotes

“The great artists do not seek their forms in the midst of the past, but take the deepest soundings they can of the genuine, profoundest of their age.”
“People formerly seemed unable to evaluate a woman's c.v. or to accept a range of personal and communicative styles from the exuberant and confident to the sober and pedantic. It's much better than it was, and a number of male philosophers have been extraordinarily helpful in detecting and criticising everyday sexism in the profession.”
“For why are we here if not to try to fathom one another? Not through facts alone, but with the full extent of our imaginations. And what are stories if not tools for imagining?”

Source : Leah Hager Cohen (2014). “No Book but the World: A Novel”, p.180, Penguin
“The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.”
“Europe cannot survive another world war.”
“By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.”
“The only good life is one in which there is no need for miracles.”
“When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and those classes that may not necessarily seem applicable in the moment end up coming back to you time and time again.”

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