I don't feel like any of the things we're talking about are going to make the world end.
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear. " And you know what he said? "I can't hear you.
Darwinian evolution is slow and gradual, step by step. Such an evolution can explain micro-evolution but not macro-evolution. For example, how did the eye evolve? The idea behind Darwinism is that organisms adapt, and that nature selects only those genetic changes which are the mutations that serve a good purpose for adaptation. So taken this way, the eye cannot develop gradually because one-thousandth or one-millionth of an eye would be of no value for survival. So generally this question rules out Darwinism as an adequate theory for macro-evolution.
I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.