The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
—Wendell Berry, 1983
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Under the wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
—Albert Einstein, 1936Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876To know the abyss of the darkness and not to fear it, to entrust oneself to it and whatever may arise from it—what greater gift?
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1975True friendship withstands time, distance, and silence.
—Isabel Allende, 2000Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
—Timothy Leary, 1966The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCIn peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCSex and drugs and rock and roll.
—Ian Dury, 1977A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60