Capital Thoughts

"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. The reasoners resemble the spiders, who make cob-webs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own."
-- Francis Bacon

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
-- John Andrew Holmes

" We write to taste life twice."
-- Anais Nin

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. "
-- Albert Einstein

"The chief characteristic of the mind is to be constantly describing itself."
-- Henri Focillon

"Peace is always beautiful."
-- Walt Whitman

"Don't believe anything unless you have thought it through for yourself."
-- Anna Pell Wheeler, 1883-1966

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