Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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Create Personalise WishesWhat refuge is there for the victim…
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to attempt to read a hundred?
22A man’s mind is stretched by a…
A man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
13I really don’t know why it is that…
I really don’t know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it’s because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it’s because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea – whether it is to sail or to watch it – we are going back from whence we came.
[Remarks at the Dinner for the America’s Cup Crews, September 14 1962]
12Those who make peaceful revolution…
We must find time to stop and thank…
The rights of every man are diminished…
The Chinese use two brush strokes…
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.
11In the present case it is a little…
In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms.
16If, after I depart this vale, you…
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
16The most dangerous man to any government…
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable…
16An idealist is one who, on noticing…
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
15Every normal man must be tempted
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats
16A man should hear a little music
I myself cried when I got angry…
I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be “unfeminine” so we suppress it -until it overflows. I could see that not speaking up made my mother feel worse. This was my first hint of the truism that depression is anger turned inward; thus women are twice as likely to be depressed. My mother paid a high price for caring so much, yet being able to do so little about it. In this way, she led me toward am activist place where she herself could never go.
132You’re always the person you were when you were born…
You’re always the person you were when you were born,” she says impatiently. “You just keep finding new ways to express it.
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