I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.
You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
But if we establish the working hypothesis that the UFOs are machines, we also have to assume the following: a) They are not built by human beings. . b) They are flying by means of artificial fields of gravity. . c) They produce high-tension electric charges in order to push the air out of their paths, so it does not start glowing, and strong magnetic fields to influence the ionized air at higher altitudes.
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality that anyone can make or acquire
Waiting is one of the great arts.