The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”
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The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”
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“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”
“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes: so with time present.”
“It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.”
“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”
“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
“Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.”
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable.”
“Truth is, I love everyone that is a good person regardless of what they look like, walk like, or who they love.”
“Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness.”
“I am an inconsistent creature. Perhaps it is the pressure of my past, and not my own perverse mind, that has made me into this contradictory being. I am all too well aware of this fault in myself. You must forgive me.”
“John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.”
“Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake. Every comparison becomes impractical. This is why the impractical has become totally acceptable; impracticality almost seems cool.”