Truth rests with God alone, and a little bit with me.
Yiddish proverb
VBA p. 76
Monday, October 27, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
The true teacher
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
Alcott
VBA p. 110
Alcott
VBA p. 110
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Mistakes
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
E. Hubbard
VBA p. 59
E. Hubbard
VBA p. 59
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
...or it is only gossip.
You must see the infinite, i.e., the universal, in your particular, or it is only gossip.
O. W. Holmes, Jr.
(VBA p. 339)
O. W. Holmes, Jr.
(VBA p. 339)
Saturday, October 18, 2014
An open mind
An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little drafty.
Samuel Butler (II)
VBA p. 354
Samuel Butler (II)
VBA p. 354
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