"Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often."

-- Paracelsus

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again... In many cases, the material to be learned in the various subjects is so swollen that only a fraction of it remains in the head of the individual pupil, and only a fraction of this abundance can find application, while on the other hand it is not adequate for the man working and earning his living in a definite field.”
“Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters?”
“I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.”
“We gon' float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH!”
“The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be. I tried to work on making it cut more and do more. I think that set (the forearm) off ... trying to make it move a lot, cut a lot. I'm just going to back off and trust it a little bit more and not try and push that.”
“It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight...”
“But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.”
“We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.”

Source : Harry Kalven, Learned Hand (1967). “The Supreme Court as legislator: the contribution of an independent judiciary to civilization : an address”

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