"The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs."

-- Felix Frankfurter

#Struggle Quotes #Past Quotes #Law Quotes

“Music, feelings of happiness, mythology, faces worn by time, certain twilights and certain places, want to tell us something, or they told us something that we should not have missed, or they are about to tell us something; this imminence of a revelation that is not produced is, perhaps, 'the aesthetic event'.”
“If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago...”
“One is that we are all responsible for our actions, our behavior, and our words, and we must take responsibility for everything we say and do. I am the architect of my destiny. You can`t blame other people for things that happened to you.”
“The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind.”
“The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap.”
“Very often the lessons you learn are more important than the things you accomplish”
“It is willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the merely adequate.”
“When I write a story, it's not like I'm thinking about what I'm doing”

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