Bronson Alcott Orphic Quotes & Sayings

Do not think dishonestly. 2. The Way is in training. 3. Become acquainted with every art. 4. Know the Ways of all professions. 5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. 6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. 7. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. 8. Pay attention even to trifles. 9. Do nothing which is of no use. — Miyamoto Musashi

If only I had wings, I would not hesitate to fly away from my mistakes. — Delano Johnson

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united — Morris Gleitzman

If you think you'll find intellectual stimulation, you're thinking of another era. The conversations are invariably about money or property or schools. I've never been more bored by casual chat. — Andrew Sullivan

It mattered little to anyone outside the Transcendental coterie that Bronson Alcott had finally written something publishable - his "Orphic Sayings" - for the opening issue; or that an unemployed schoolteacher named Henry David Thoreau had his first piece published in its pages. — Megan Marshall

First rate magician perform first rate magic effects, second rate magician performs third rate magic effects. — Amit Kalantri

We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens. — Jay Parini

At the end of the day, saving money is really about efficiency. You simplify your life, and its overall quality inevitably gets better. — Elizabeth Rogers

I've always had that chip on my shoulder. I've just always been super hard on myself. — Mindy Kaling

He feels flattered by the attention. Most people look anywhere but his lower body. They pretend not to notice when he limps down the docks. It makes it worse, somehow, everyone pretending that he's still whole. — Karen Russell

For reasons I can only guess, my mother always instructed me that it was impolite to tell the truth ... Whatever she lacked in versimilitude, she more than made up for in stealth. — Phillip DePoy

You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved. — Lauren Holly

I know artists whose medium is life itself, and who express the inexpressible without brush, pencil, chisel or guitar. They neither paint nor dance. Their medium is Being. Whatever their hand touches has increased life ... They are the artists of being alive. — Frederick Franck

Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist. — Roald Dahl

Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries. — Billy Graham

When will you let go and freely wander? When will you see the beauty of the flowers despite the stinging of the bees? When will you climb the tree of life for its fruits and high views instead of swinging your axe? When will you finally choose to be free? — Laren Grey Umphlett