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In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.
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I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.
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It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.
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Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
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Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.
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If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of Scripture, which they have miserably warped to their purpose, I regard them not, and even despise their rash judgement.
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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
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If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.
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I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another.
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Working at a job that you hate. Having a career and a life that you have no passion for. That's hell.
