"The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him."

-- Jerome K. Jerome

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“The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.”

Source : Elizabeth Berg (2001). “Never Change”, p.133, Simon and Schuster
“However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to be forever appropriate (sufficient).... I do not doubt that the day will come when [general relativity], too, will have to yield to another one, for reasons which at present we do not yet surmise. I believe that this process of deepening theory has no limits.”
“I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.”
“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.”

Source : Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”
“If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer.”
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world.”
“From without, no wonderful effect is wrought within ourselves, unless some interior, responding wonder meets it.”
“Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here”

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