Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from these palpable conditions, but when he recovers from wounds he forgets the torments, and when he is well fed he is joyous in the light of day.
I have little hesitation in saying that as a result a sickly pall now hangs over the big bang theory. As I have mentioned earlier, when a pattern of facts becomes set against a theory, experience shows that it rarely recovers.
Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, for dealing with the problems of men.
Love will never be ideal until man recovers from the illusion that he can be just a little bit faithful or a little bit married.
No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.
The exercise of all the senses is as intense pleasure, as anyone will find, who recovers the use of one after being deprived of it.
The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.
When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
Power intoxicates men. When a man is intoxicated by alcohol, he can recover, but when intoxicated by power, he seldom recovers.
