Which - Quotes
Sin is not simply that which we commit. Sin is also what we desire but are too weak to do.
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.
It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments. [...] Work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to my church as a human being.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets.
Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.
The battle which our ancestors once fought
Through recollection is resolved in peace.
If the soul`s actions are not controlled by rules, that can only mean the soul acts randomly. On the other hand, where is free will located? If your soul is guided by rules, which in turn guide you, then you have no free will. You are programmed. There is no in between; your life is either random or predetermined.
Simple light of tender fabric,
Sole consolation, ah romance,
Moonlit world before the daybreak
Affection, love, you radiance,
Will you go with me? It’s not far -
Far as the grave - and lead me by
The veiled light of that cheerful star
Which lives in dreams and so will die!
It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time in which to read them.
That which your heart disguises
open your eyes and see;
that which your eye surmises
let your heart wait to be.
We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.