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The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish and euphoria; separate… — Eugene Ionesco
I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body of knowledge,' but… — Karl Popper
God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the… — George MacDonald
The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot… — John Taylor Gatto
I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. — George Henry Lewes
Faith may be relied upon to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation. — Aldous Huxley
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. — Doug Larson
Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his… — William Penn
We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. — Josh Billings
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
Under my head till morning; but the rain, Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh, Upon the glass and listen for reply.... — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. — William Feather
Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit the very acts… — Rebecca West
So long as there is any subject which men may not freely discuss, they are timid upon all subjects. — John Jay Chapman
Life is a mystery; that means it cannot be solved. And when all efforts to solve it prove futile, the mystery dawns upon you. Then… — Rajneesh
Our whole life is a fooling around. You can do it because you are not aware of how you waste time, how you waste energy… — Rajneesh
Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear. — Ursula K. Le Guin

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