"Wit is something more than a gymnastic trick of the intellect; true wit implies a beam of thought into the essence of a question, a flash that lights up a situation. Wit suggests the delicate but delightful play of a rapier in the hands of a master."

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Source : Arthur Lynch (1921). “Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day”

Arthur Lynch

#Light Quotes #Hands Quotes #Essence Quotes

“If you diversify, control your risk, and go with the trend, it just has to work.”
“I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.”
“The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes, but not only for the reasons that are usually touted by the space community: the need to explore, the scientific return, and the possibility of commercial profit. The most compelling reason, a very long-term one, is the necessity of using space to protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”
“You can't fit your clothes well and look your best if you don't know what you're working with.”
“Money cannot make you happy, but it can get rid of many of the things that make you unhappy.”

Source : Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.114, Morgan James Publishing
“One can impose silence on sentiment, but one can not give it limits.”
“Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.”
“Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in the direction of structural improvements.”

Source : "Productive thinking". Book by Max Wertheimer, p. 190, 1945.

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