Birth Quote by Clarence Day

Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.

— Clarence Day

The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.

— Clarence Day

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.

— Clarence Day

Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world and thinks wildly,…

— Clarence Day

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow…

— Clarence Day

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get…

— Clarence Day

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

— Clarence Day

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen…

— Clarence Day

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

— Clarence Day

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

— Clarence Day

“It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared-for, on this dark, cooling star:…

— Clarence Day

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.

— Clarence Day