"And the same things look bent and straight when seen in water and out of it, and also both concave and convex, due to the sight's being mislead by the colors, and every sort of confusion of this kind is plainly in our soul. And, then, it is because they take advantage of this affection in our nature that shadow painting, and puppeteering, and many other tricks of the kind fall nothing short of wizardry."

-- Socrates

#Fall Quotes #Sight Quotes #Color Quotes

“By the plain form of my delirium I will blast the obstruction of every form around me into something barely called shadow. I sail. I swim to you. I know the water.”

Source : Steve Erickson (2013). “Rubicon Beach: A Novel”, p.77, Open Road Media
“Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me?”
“I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.”
“Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis.”
“The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.”
“Our sense of being a person can come from being drawn into a wide social unit; our sense of selfhood can arise through the little ways in which we resist the pull. Our status is backed by the solid buildings of the world, while our sense of personal identity often resides in the cracks”
“We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.”

Source : Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”, C. Scribner's sons
“If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world.”

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