Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.
Don't give up the ship!
Navigation is easy. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be able to teach it to Sailors.
Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.
Walter Benjamin has this notion of the angel of history and in a way that's paradoxical itself. We don't have angels in history anymore. We don't believe in these mythical creatures anymore.
For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board. In the same way, the motion of the earth can unquestionably produce the impression that the entire universe is rotating.
People used to trust their doctor. They went to an expert. Now people have new ideas and are thinking for themselves. That's a very important change in our collective psychology.
Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.