"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."

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Source : Speech at the Somerville Club, 27 Feb. 1895, in R. A. Streatfield Essays on Life, Art and Science (1904) p. 69

Samuel Butler

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“There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening.”
“Now it must be asked if we can comprehend why comets signify the death of magnates and coming wars, for writers of philosophy say so. The reason is not apparent, since vapor no more rises in a land where a pauper lives than where a rich man resides, whether he be king or someone else. Furthermore, it is evident that a comet has a natural cause not dependent on anything else; so it seems that it has no relation to someone's death or to war. For if it be said that it does relate to war or someone's death, either it does so as a cause or effect or sign. De Cometis”
“When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.”
“If you follow your passion, the world will follow yoursâ€¦”
“You are on your own in a big world, in which you are one of many nations, some small, some medium sized, some large. You are nobody's boss and nobody is your boss.”
“The words are the important thing. Don't worry about tunes. Take a tune, sing high when they sing low, sing fast when they sing slow, and you've got a new tune.”
“God... Please keep my eyes focused on the only target worth hitting - Christlikeness!”

Source : Johnny Hunt (2011). “My Daily Devotional Prayer Book -”, p.200, Thomas Nelson Inc
“So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.”

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