"The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves."

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Source : Edwin Paxton Hood (1885). “Bye-path Meadow”

Edwin Paxton Hood

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“I think for something like law or medicine you really have to love it and I didn't love it.”
“To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.”
“Expect the dawn of a new beginning in the dark nights of life.”

Source : Lloyd John Ogilvie (1990). “Silent Strength”, Harvest House Pub
“We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.”
“Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fÃªted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.”
“Why would you throw a ball in someone's face?...Huh. That's a pretty good reason. Well, I can't do much about your teacher being pissed, but me and you are good.”

Source : Justin Halpern (2010). “Sh*t My Dad Says”, p.13, Harper Collins
“If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage the next day, why can't a loving same sex couple tie the knot?”

Source : "Same Sex Marriages: What’s the Big Deal?". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2009.
“A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the wordsâ€”or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbolsâ€”spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.”

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