"That which we do for ourselves dies with us â€¦ that which we do for others lives forever."

--

Albert Pike

#Forever Quotes

“Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.”
“To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If there is no mystery, then there is no poetry, the quality I value above all else in art.”

Source : Interview with John Richardson, December 1, 1957.
“The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.”

Source : "The Gigantic Book of Teachers' Wisdom" y Erin Gruwell and Frank McCourt, (p. 496), 2007.
“The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. Each of us emerges from the preconsciousness of babyhood and simply finds himself here, in it, in the world. That experience alone astonishes some people. What is all this---what is the world? And what are we? From the beginning of humanity some have been under a compulsion to ask these questions, and have felt a craving for the answers. This is what is really meant by any such phrase as 'mankind's need for metaphysics.'”

Source : "Confessions of a Philosopher". Book by Bryan Magee, 1997.
“The street kid in me says, "Grab the money and run - who cares who it's from! Don't think about whatever you have to do for it or when you have to do it!”
“As for His failing you, never dream of it -- hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now, should be trusted to the end.”
“States Rights died at Appomattox.”
“Growing old-it's not nice, but it's interesting.”

Source : August Strindberg (1962). “Plays”

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